Mainz (1385-86) goldgulden Fr-1606
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This specimen was lot 5217 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,784 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Adolph I. von Nassau, 1373-1390. Goldgulden o. J. (1385/1386), Bingen. GOLD. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Adolf of Nassau, 1373-90, undated goldgulden, Bingen mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This archbishop issued a number of goldgulden during his reign of which this seems to be the most common altho none are cheap.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1606; Slg. Walther 82; Link 17; Slg. Pick -.
- 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 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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