Saxony 1618 goldgulden Fr-2680
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This specimen was lot 6129 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,203 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Goldgulden 1618, Dresden. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, vorzüglich. (electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, goldgulden of 1618, Dresden mint. Very rare, slightly wavy, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck with a swan mintmark 1615-20, 1625, 1632 and 1641. Like most Saxon gold coins of this period, it is expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, Fr-2680; Clauß/Kahnt 119.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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