Mainz (1392-93) goldgulden Fr-1612

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Künker sale 404, lot 2160

This specimen was lot 2160 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,493 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF KONRAD VON WEINSBERG, 1390-1396. Prägungen mit Titel Archiepiscopus aus der Münzstätte Bingen. Goldgulden o. J. (1392/1393), Bingen. COR?D’ ° AR - E - P’ ° MOGVT ± Johannes der Täufer mit erhobener Rechten und Kreuzstab steht v. v., neben seinem Kopf Weinsberger Wappenschild//+ MOnETA • OPIDI : PInGWEnIS Zweifeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Pfalz) in Dreipass, in den Winkeln je ein Dreiblatt. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Goldtönung, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Günter Felke, Auktion Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 53, Mannheim 1997, Nr. 682 und der Slg. Eberhard Link, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 315, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 8073. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Conrad of Weinsberg, 1390-96, undated goldgulden, circa 1392-93, Bingen mint. Obverse: John the Baptist with raised right hand and cross stands facing, next to his head the Weinsberg arms; reverse: Impaled arms of Nainz and Pfalz in a trilobe cantonned with three trefoils. Very rare, attractive example with fine gold patina, about extremely fine.)"

This is an early gold coin for this ecclesiastical state, which was a major issuer of goldgulden in the late Middle Ages. Conrad issued four goldgulden: Fr-1610 (archbishop enthroned/arms in trilobe reverse), Fr-1611 (St. John/arms in trilobe reverse), Fr-1612 (shown here) and Fr-1613 (St. John/four shields reverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,51 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1612; Felke 552; Link 21 var.; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 91 var.

Source:

  • 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, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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