Regensburg (15)89 60 kreuzer

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Künker sale 405, lot 3065

This specimen was lot 3065 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS RUDOLF II., 1576-1612. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1589, mit Titel Rudolfs II. Münzmeister Erhardt Scherl. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (city of Regensburg, gulden of 1589, in the name of Rudolf II. Extremely rare, fine patina, choice very fine.)"

This gulden was struck 1577-82, 1586, 1589-95 and 1598 and is very scarce. This example realized double the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24.62 g, 0.931 fine silver, 38-41 mm diameter, this specimen 24,42 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB158, Beckenbauer 4115; Dav-113; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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