Cologne (1464-68) goldgulden Fr-800

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77232

This specimen was lot 77232 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Cologne. Goldgulden, ND (1464-68). Cologne (Riehl) Mint. Rupert of the Palatinate. PCGS Genuine--Filed Rims, AU Details." The archbishop of Cologne was one of the most prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output declined drastically after the Reformation.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3.36 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-800.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• Cologne (1463-64) goldgulden Fr-798
• Mainz (1464-65) goldgulden
• Pfalz (1464) goldgulden
• Cologne (1469) goldgulden Fr-801
• Coins and currency dated 1464