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[[Image:Cologne S43-3210.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 43, lot 3210]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3210 in Sincona sale 43 (Zurich, October 2017), where it sold for 350 CHF (aboout US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Köln, Erzbistum, Dietrich II. von Mörs, 1414-1463 Goldgulden o. J. (1425). Riel. Sehr schön. Flaue Stellen.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of Cologne, Dietrich II, 1414-63, undated goldgulden, Riel mint. Very fine, Weak areas.)"</blockquote> Both the city and the archbishop of Cologne (or Koln) issued gold ducats and it takes a keen eye to tell them apart. Friedberg notes this type as common.  
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This specimen was lot 3210 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 350 CHF (aboout US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Köln, Erzbistum, Dietrich II. von Mörs, 1414-1463 Goldgulden o. J. (1425). Riel. Sehr schön. Flaue Stellen.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of Cologne, Dietrich II, 1414-63, undated goldgulden, Riel mint. Very fine, Weak areas.)"</blockquote> Both the city and the archbishop of Cologne (or Koln) issued gold ducats and it takes a keen eye to tell them apart. Friedberg notes this type as common.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 11:46, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 43, lot 3210

This specimen was lot 3210 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 350 CHF (aboout US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Köln, Erzbistum, Dietrich II. von Mörs, 1414-1463 Goldgulden o. J. (1425). Riel. Sehr schön. Flaue Stellen. (Germany, archbishopric of Cologne, Dietrich II, 1414-63, undated goldgulden, Riel mint. Very fine, Weak areas.)"

Both the city and the archbishop of Cologne (or Koln) issued gold ducats and it takes a keen eye to tell them apart. Friedberg notes this type as common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen is 3.24 g.

Catalog reference: Noss 328. Felke 1077. Fr-795.

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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.

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