View source for Mantua (1589-90) doppia Fr-537

[[Image:K400-00525.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 400, lot 525]]

This specimen was lot 525 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$14,270 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIEN, MANTUA, Vincenzo I. 1587-1612. Doppia o. J. Mantua. · VINCENTIVS D · G · DVX · MANT · IIII · Geharnischtes Brustbild l. mit Spitzkragen und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//* ET * MONTIS * FERRATI * · II · * · Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild. GOLD. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Feine Goldpatina, kl. Stempelfehler, Schrötlingsfehler im Feld der Rückseite, sehr schön +'' ([[Italy]], [[Italy, Mantua|duchy of Mantua]], Vincent I, 1587-1612, undated doppia, Mantua mint. Obverse: armored bust left with pointed collar and order chain; reverse: crowned and quartered arms with escutcheon. Supremely rare, fine gold patina, light die flaws, planchet defects in the field of the reverse, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This specimen was offered again as lot 1135 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €15,000 (about US$21,240 including buyers' fees). This is from a series that included ten, seven and four doppie. Friedberg lists this one as a two doppie but the weight is that of a double scudo d'oro. The Gonzaga family managed to hold onto some autonomy as dukes of Mantua until its extinction in 1707, when the duchy fell to the Austrians.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 6.50 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.49 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Bignotti 5 (R4); Varesi 532 (R4); Fr-537. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Mantua (1587-1612) ducatone Dav-8295|(1587-1612) ducatone, Vincenzo Gonzaga]]
* [[Mantua (1589-1608) ducatone Dav-8296|(1589-1608) ducatone, Vincenzo Gonzaga, bust with scepter]]
* [[Mantua (1595) ducat Fr-541]]
* [[Mantua 1596 1/4 ducat Fr-544]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1589]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 400]]