Wurzburg 1786 2 goldgulden Fr-3735
This specimen was lot 20543 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Wurzburg. 2 Goldgulden, 1786. Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779-95). NGC MS-62. Struck from Goldgulden dies on a heavier flan. In an astonishing state of preservation, with glossy nearly prooflike fields and a great strike. A splash of orange peel toning across the lower portion of the portrait aptly conveys the original status of the surfaces." While ducats from Wurzburg were the standard 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, the goldgulden were only 3.25 g, .770 fine. This type is listed for 1786 only. The territory was annexed to Bavaria in 1803.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.5 g, .770 fine gold, .160 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-3735; KM-430.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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