Pfalz (1419) goldgulden Fr-1974

Künker sale 352, lot 2053

This specimen was lot 2053 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Ludwig III. 1410-1436. Goldgulden o. J. (1419), Oppenheim. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Pfalz, Louis III, 1410-36, undated goldgulden, Oppenheim mint. Very fine.)"

Goldgulden were also struck at Bacharach and Heidelberg. The design is similar but the small shields on the reverse are arranged differently.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-1974; Slg. Memmesh. 2134; Felke 957 var.; Slg. Kömmerling 39.

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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Pfalz (1419) goldgulden Fr-1973, Heidelberg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1419