Luneburg (1493-1519) goldgulden Fr-1513
This specimen was lot 1961 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €650 (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜNEBURG, STADT, Goldgulden o. J. (1493-1519), mit Titel Maximilians I. als König. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Luneburg, undated goldgulden struck in the name of Maximilian I as king. Very fine.)"
Luneburg revolted against its lords and obtained its status as an imperial free city in 1392. It maintained its independence until 1637 but the decline of the Hanseatic League and the town's salt trade allowed the dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg to reclaim it. The last gold coins were issued in the 1650's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,23 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1513; Mader 69 II-C/IIa-B.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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