Malta 1781 20 scudi Fr-43
This specimen was lot 2153 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,603 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"'MALTA, JOHANNITERORDEN Emmanuel de Rohan, 1775-1797. 20 Scudi 1781, Valletta. GOLD. Vorzüglich, Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 324, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 3200. (Order of Malta, Emmanuel de Rohan, 1775-1797, twenty scudi of 1781, Valetta mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1781-82 for Emmanuel de Rohan, next-to-last grandmaster of the Order while it ruled Malta. He died in July 1797 and the French occupied the island in June 1798. This date has stars punctuating the legends whereas the 1782 has the more conventional periods.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 16.54 g, 0.840 fine gold, this specimen 16,60 g.
Catalog reference: KM 328, Fr-43; Restelli 5; Gatt 27-20S-11N11.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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