Leiningen-Leiningen 1617 goldgulden Fr-1435
This specimen was lot 910 in Sincona sale 11 (Zurich, May 2013), where it sold for 1,900 CHF (about US$2,353 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Leiningen-Westerburg, Grafschaft Ludwig, 1597-1622. Goldgulden 1617, Grünstadt. Selten. Sehr schön. (Germany, county of Leiningen-Westerburg, Louis I (1597-1622), gold gulden of 1617, Grunstadt mint. Rare, very fine.)"
The landgraviate of Leiningen, already a petty state, was subdivided several times in the sixteenth century. The branch of Leiningen-Leiningen or Leiningen-Westerburg was the only one to issue gold with this ducat of 1612-20.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW; this specimen is 3.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, Joseph 61. Fr-1435.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals & Banknotes: Auction 11, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2013.
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