Nurnberg 1515 goldgulden Fr-1801

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Künker sale 439, lot 2457

This specimen was lot 2457 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,339 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT Goldgulden 1515. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (city of Nuremberg, goldgulden of 1515. Rare, extremely fine.)"

This type commenced production about 1429 and was struck undated for several decades. Those produced 1506-47 have dates. The long production run makes this type the most common Nurnberger gold coin prior to the 1640's. This subtype was struck 1506-09, 1513-16.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,27 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB7, Fr-1801; Kellner 6.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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.
  • 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.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.

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