Mainz (1429-30) goldgulden Fr-1621
This specimen was lot 2199 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF KONRAD III. VON DHAUN, 1419-1434. Die Münzstätte Bingen. Goldgulden o. J. (1429/1430), Bingen. Erzbischof mit erhobener Rechten und Krummstab steht v. v., unten vierfeldiges Familienwappen, in Schulterhöhe r. ein Punkt//Wappen (Mainz) in doppeltem Dreipass. GOLD. Min. gewellt, fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Eberhard Link, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 324, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 4048. Erworben am 8. März 1989 von Johannes Diller, München. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Conrad III von Dhaun, 1419-34, undated goldgulden, circa 1429-30, Bingen mint. Obverse: the archbishop with raised right hand and crosier stands facing, below quartered arms, at the right shoulder one point. Reverse: Coat of arms (Mainz) in double trefoil. Slightly wavy, about very fine.)"
Conrad issued four goldgulden: Fr-1620a (Christ enthroned), Fr-1621 (shown here), Fr-1622 (St. Peter/five shields reverse) and Fr-1623 (St. Peter/four shields reverse).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1621; Felke 1172; Link 55; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther -.
- 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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