Pfalz (1419) goldgulden Fr-1974

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Künker sale 352, lot 2053

This specimen was lot 2053 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Ludwig III. 1410-1436. Goldgulden o. J. (1419), Oppenheim. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Pfalz, Louis III, 1410-36, undated goldgulden, Oppenheim mint. Very fine.)"

Goldgulden were also struck at Bacharach and Heidelberg. The design is similar but the small shields on the reverse are arranged differently.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1974; Slg. Memmesh. 2134; Felke 957 var.; Slg. Kömmerling 39.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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