Nurnberg 1612 goldgulden Fr-1809
This specimen was lot 40244 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Nurnberg. Goldgulden, 1612. Matthias (1612-19). NGC AU-50. A VERY SCARCE and seldom seen type, this being the first appearance in a major U.S. auction since our 2010 sale of the Vermuele collection (Stack's, January 2010, lot 694, EF mount removed). For that coin, we noted that the "Latin legend commemorates the Imperial couple's entrance into this prosperous Free City." This example, although displaying no evidence of a past mount, is similar to that piece in terms of detail, with attractive warm orange tone around the designs, a touch of waviness in the flan and surfaces that have been slightly brightened from past handling. From the Collection of Dr. James Eustace Bizzell, II." Friedberg lists numerous goldgulden from this imperial city for the first half of the seventeenth century but all are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1809; KM-15.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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