Lubeck (1341-1500) goldgulden Fr-1472
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This specimen was lot 6548 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT, Goldgulden o. J. (1341-1500). Florentiner Typ. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Lubeck, undated gold florin. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"
This scarce type seems to have been struck for over a century while Lubeck was one of the leading Hansa towns of the Baltic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,59 g.
Catalog reference: Behrens 66 c; Fr-1472.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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