Saxony (1486-1500) goldgulden Fr-2609
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This specimen was lot 3740 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,483 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Albrecht als Herzog, 1486-1500. Goldgulden o. J. Leipzig. GOLD. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Albrecht as duke, 1486-1500, undated goldgulden, Leipzig mint. Very fine.)"
This is the first goldgulden of Albertine Saxony; only Fr-2927, issued by the Ernestine branch, is older.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3.27 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-2609; Slg. Merseb. 344.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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