Regensburg 1617 goldgulden Fr-2456
This specimen was lot 3079 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €10,000 (about US$13,121 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS MATTHIAS, 1612-1619. Ein Goldgulden aus der Zeit des Kaisers Matthias. Goldgulden 1617, mit Titel von Matthias. Münzmeister Haubold Lehner. Wappen mit den gekreuzten Stadtschlüsseln, darüber die Jahreszahl//Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust zweifeldiges Wappen (Österreich/Lothringen). GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Leicht gewellt, vorzüglich +. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 64 (6645570-012). (city of Regensburg, goldgulden of 1617, struck in the name of Matthias. Obverse: arms with crossed city keys, date above; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with the impaled arms of Austria and Lorraine on its breast. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, extremely fine or better, graded NGC MS64.)"
This type is listed for 1617-18. It was the first gold issue for this locale in nearly a century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 16, Beckenbauer 106 (this example); Fr-2456; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4559.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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