Pomerania 1628 goldgulden Fr-2098
This specimen was lot 3796 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €9,500 (about US$12,272 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POMMERN, HERZOGTUM NACH DER LANDESVEREINIGUNG VON 1625 Bogislaw XIV. (1620-) 1625-1637. Goldgulden 1628, Stettin. Slg. Hahn (Auktion Künker 224) 1284 (dieses Exemplar). GOLD. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Einziges bekanntes Exemplar. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Emil Fischer, Auktion O. Helbing Nachf. 32, München 1910, Nr. 3985; der Slg. Paul Bratring, Auktion Adolph Hess Nachf. 140, Frankfurt/Main 1912, Nr. 262; der Slg. Dr. Stark, Teil 2, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 367, Frankfurt/Main 2000, Nr. 2412 ("Unikum?") und der Slg. Helmut Hahn, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 224, Berlin 2013, Nr. 1284. (Germany, duchy of Pomerania, after the union of 1625, Bogeslav XIV, 1625-37, gold gulden of 1628. Extremely rare, believed to be unique, a few planchet flaws, very fine. Last sold in Kunker sale 224, lot 1284.)"
The SCWC mentions many gold coins for Pomerania but nearly all lack photos; this one appears to be unlisted therein tho it is mentioned in Friedberg.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare, perhaps unique.
Specification: 3.18 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.10 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-2098; Hildisch 286 (this coin); KM unlisted.
- [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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