Pfalz-Zweibrucken 1617 goldgulden Fr-2059
This specimen was lot 3792 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,196 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PFALZ-ZWEIBRÜCKEN-VELDENZ, HERZOGTUM Johann II. 1604-1635. Goldgulden 1617, Zweibrücken. GOLD. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrucken, John II, 1604-35, gold gulden of 1617, Zweibrucken mint. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Friedberg lists this goldgulden for 1611-21, which type the SCWC divides into three types, the specimen shown being the third. The various lines of Pfalz divided and subdivided but eventually all fell extinct except for Pfalz-Birkenfeld which inherited the lot and Bavaria as well in the late eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.16 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.20 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-2059; Slg. Memmesh. 2685; KM 31.
- [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.
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