Rostock 1617 goldgulden Fr-2584
This specimen was lot 3739 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,930 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ROSTOCK, STADT, Goldgulden 1617, mit Titel von Matthias. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Kl. Zainende, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Rostock, goldgulden of 1617, struck in the name of the emperor Matthias. Very rare, clipped, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Three different goldgulden are listed for the early seventeenth century for Rostock: KM 8 = Fr-2583 struck 1606-11; KM 21 = Fr-2584 struck 1613-17; KM 44 = Fr-2586 struck 1625-31. The city of Rostock was under the sovereignty of the dukes of Mecklenburg but claimed the mint right as a member of the Hanseatic League. Her issues in the seventeenth century are sparse and expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen 3,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21, Fr-2584; Kunzel 31 A/a.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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