Magdeburg 1626-PS goldgulden Fr-1545
This specimen was lot 431 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Magdeburg, STADT Goldgulden 1626, mit Titel Ferdinands II. Mit yO am Anfang der Rückseitenumschrift. GOLD. R Schrötlingsrisse, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Magdeburg, gold gulden of 1626, in the name of Ferdinand II, with reversed "N" in the obverse legend. Scarce, several edge splits, very fine.)"
By the second half of the sixteenth century, the archbishopric of Magdeburg was completely converted to Lutheranism yet the ecclesiastical state was not abolished. Instead, it became a puppet state of the elector of Brandenburg, who either appointed himself or one of his close relatives archbishop. Brandenburg annexed it outright in 1680. This type of 1626-30 is the last gold coin of Magdeburg before her sack and destruction in 1631.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,20 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1545; v. Schr. 1004 var. KM 258.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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