Mansfeld-Artern 1626-AK goldgulden Fr-1585
The first specimen was lot 31511 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Mansfeld-Artern. Volrat VI, Wolfgang III, & Johann Georg II gold Goldgulden 1626-AK AU55 NGC. A reasonably well preserved example of this type which often comes not only weakly struck but often quite worn, with hints of rose gold tone over amber luster. From the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection." Friedberg lists this type for 1620-21 and 1626 and notes it as the most available gold coin from this state during the seventeenth century. Mansfeld-Artern was a county of utmost insignificance except for its silver mines which provided the material for an abundance of thalers. There were several co-rulers; the line went extinct in 1780. The second specimen was lot 1542 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,531 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MANSFELD-ARTERN, GRAFSCHAFT Volrat VI., Wolfgang III. und Johann Georg II., 1620-1627. Goldgulden 1626, Eisleben. GOLD. RR Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Salton Collection, Part II, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 362, Osnabrück 2022, Nr. 1601. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Artern, Volrat VI, Wolfgang III and John George II, 1620-27, godlgulden of 1626, Eisleben mint. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.900 fine gold, the first specimen 3.18 g, the second specimen 3,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 58, Fr-1585; Tornau 730 d.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
- [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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