Mainz (1410-12) goldgulden Fr-1616
This specimen was lot 5221 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Johann II. von Nassau, 1397-1419. Goldgulden o. J. (1410-1412), Höchst. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, John II of Nassau, 1397-1419, undated goldgulden, Höchst mint. Very fine.)"
The archbishops of Mainz were prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output dropped in the late fifteenth century, never to recover. The goldgulden was equal to the ducat in the fifteenth century but dropped in weight and purity in the sixteenth century. This type is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1616; Slg. Walther -; Schlegel 26; Slg. Pick 146.
- 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.
Link to:
- Mainz (1404-09) goldgulden Fr-1620, Höchst and Bingen mint
- Mainz (1414-17) goldgulden Fr-1616, Höchst mint
- Coins and currency dated 1410