Hungary 1528-KB ducat Fr-48
This specimen is lot 2378 in SINCONA sale 1 (Zurich, June 2011), where it sold for 2500 CHF (about US$3,480 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UNGARN Ferdinand I. 1526-1564. Goldgulden 1528, Kremnitz. Madonna mit Kind auf Mondsichel, unten kleines Wappen. Rv. Der stehende hl. Ladislaus in Rüstung und Krone zwischen K – B. Gutes vorzüglich. (Hungary, Ferdinand I, 1526-64, goldgulden of 1528, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: Madonna and Child, small shield below. Reverse: Armored standing figure of St. Ladislas holding a pike between mintmark. Good Extremely Fine.)"
Louis II's death in 1526 ended Hungarian independence. Louis left no heir and the ensuing three way struggle between the Hapsburgs, the Turks and the Transylvanians led to partition in the 1540's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .109 troy oz ASW; this specimen 3,54 g.
Catalog reference: Huszar 895, Fr-48.
- 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.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]SINCONA AG, Munzen, Medaillen & Banknoten Auktion 1, Zurich, 2011.
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