Mainz (1428-34) goldgulden Fr-1621

Künker sale 264, lot 3741

This specimen was lot 3741 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €490 (about US$633 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ERZBISTUM Konrad III. von Dhaun, 1419-1434. Goldgulden o. J. (1428-1434), Höchst. GOLD. Sehr schön +. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Conrad III of Dhaun, 1419-34, undated gold gulden, Hochst mint, very fine or better.)"

The archbishops of Mainz were prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output dropped in the late fifteenth century, never to recover. This type comes without dates.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.50 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1621; Slg. Walther 124; Schlegel 46.

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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015

Link to:

• Mainz (1427-28) goldgulden Fr-1621
• Frankfurt (1428-29) goldgulden Fr-937
• (1429-30) goldgulden, Bingen mint, Conrad III von Dhaun
• Mainz (1435-36) goldgulden Fr-1624, Höchst mint
• Coins and currency dated 1428
• return to coins of German States, Mainz