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[[Image:K352-1971.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 352, lot 1971]]
 
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This specimen was lot 1971 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Jakob von Liebenstein, 1504-1508. Goldgulden 1505, Mainz. Vierfeldiges Wappen, umgeben von drei kleineren Wappen, umher Dreipaß//Christus thront v. v. mit segnender Rechten und Buch, im Vordergrund Wappenschild mit dem Mainzer Rad. GOLD. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of [[German States, Mainz|Mainz]], Jacob of Liechtenstein, 1504-08, goldgulden of 1505, Mainz mint. Obverse: quartered arms with three small shields around in a trilobe; reverse: Christ enthroned with Gospels, city arms below. Rare, minor rim nick, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The archbishop issued this type 1504-08. It is the only gold coin of this prelate.
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This specimen was lot 1971 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Jakob von Liebenstein, 1504-1508. Goldgulden 1505, Mainz. Vierfeldiges Wappen, umgeben von drei kleineren Wappen, umher Dreipaß//Christus thront v. v. mit segnender Rechten und Buch, im Vordergrund Wappenschild mit dem Mainzer Rad. GOLD. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of [[German States, Mainz|Mainz]], Jacob of Liechtenstein, 1504-08, goldgulden of 1505, Mainz mint. Obverse: quartered arms with three small shields around in a trilobe; reverse: Christ enthroned with Gospels, city arms below. Rare, minor rim nick, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The archbishop issued this type 1504-08. It is the only gold coin of this prelate.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 17:18, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 352, lot 1971

This specimen was lot 1971 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Jakob von Liebenstein, 1504-1508. Goldgulden 1505, Mainz. Vierfeldiges Wappen, umgeben von drei kleineren Wappen, umher Dreipaß//Christus thront v. v. mit segnender Rechten und Buch, im Vordergrund Wappenschild mit dem Mainzer Rad. GOLD. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Jacob of Liechtenstein, 1504-08, goldgulden of 1505, Mainz mint. Obverse: quartered arms with three small shields around in a trilobe; reverse: Christ enthroned with Gospels, city arms below. Rare, minor rim nick, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The archbishop issued this type 1504-08. It is the only gold coin of this prelate.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,25 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1631; Slg. Walther -; Slg. Pick 234.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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