Nurnberg 1617 goldgulden Fr-1810

Künker sale 264, lot 3763

This specimen was lot 3763 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"STADT Goldgulden 1617. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, gold gulden of 1617, very fine.)"

This one year type is one of several issued 1614-22 featuring martyr St. Lawrence.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.18 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1810; Kellner 25; KM 25.2.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1616 ducat
• 1617 goldgulden, on the centennial of the Reformation
• 1618 goldgulden
• 1619 goldgulden, St. Lawrence
• 1621 ungeldgoldgulden
• Coins and currency dated 1617
• return to coins of German States, Nurnberg