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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:JE161-1074o.jpg" title="File:JE161-1074o.jpg">300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 161, lot 1074</a> <a href="/index.php/File:JE161-1074r.jpg" title="File:JE161-1074r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 1074 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:JE161-1074o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 161, lot 1074]]<br /> [[Image:JE161-1074r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 1074 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €650 (about US$846 including buyer's fees). The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;''ALLEMAGNE, COLOGNE, Ville, AV florin d'or, 1589. Au titre de Rodolphe II. D/ Écu de la ville dans un quadrilobe anglé, entre les écussons de Mayence, Trèves, Cologne et Bavière. R/ Aigle impériale éployée et couronnée. Rare. Fines griffes.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Cologne|city of Cologne]], gold florin of 1589, in the name of Rudolf II. Obverse: city arms in an angled quadrilobed between the shields of Mainz, Trier, Cologne and Bavaria; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, fine scratches, Very Fine.)&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; This type was struck 1577, 1580-93, 1596-98 in small numbers by the city, not the archbishop.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 3,870.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 3,15 g. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM MB290, Noss 243; Fr-760. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. <br /> * 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. <br /> * Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 161'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Cologne 1583 goldgulden Fr-760|1583 goldgulden]]<br /> * city of [[Cologne 1602 thaler Dav-5157]]<br /> * [[Cologne (1620) 6 ducats Fr-758]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1589]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 161]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]</div>

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