Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1843 gulden

Schulman auction 389, lot 148

This specimen was lot 148 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €200 (about US$282 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States - Gulden 1843, Silver, FRIEDRICH GUNTHER 1807-1867, SCHWARZBURG-RUDOLSTADT Head right. Rev. value and date within wreath. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS AU55." The gulden was equal to two-thirds of a reichs thaler in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries but shrank to four-sevenths of a union thaler after the Napoleonic Wars. This coin is only slightly larger than a French two francs. It was struck at Munich 1841-43 and 1846. It was accompanied by a half gulden (KM 168).

Recorded mintage: unknown but not common.

Specification: 10.6 g, 0.900 fine silver, 30.5 mm diameter, this specimen 10.60 g.

Catalog reference: KM 169, AKS 20; J. 47.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 389: Ex Cherry Tree Collection, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.

Link to:

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• 1842 gulden
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• 1846 gulden
• 1846 double gulden
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