View source for Gelderland (1402-23) goldgulden Fr-49

[[Image:K352-1345.jpg|550px|thumb|from Künker sale 352, lot 1345]]

This specimen was lot 1345 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NIEDERLANDE, GELDERN, Herzogtum. Reinhold IV. (1394)-1402-1423. Goldgulden o. J. GOLD. Sehr schön +.'' ([[Netherlands]], [[Netherlands, Gelderland|duchy of Gelderland]], Reinald IV, 1402-23, undated goldgulden. Very fine or better.)"</blockquote> In the early fifteenth century, the Netherlands was still an empty wasteland with only a shadow of her future importance. Gelderland was ruled by an independent duke only loosely tied to the Empire. Only on his extinction did Gelderland become part of the [[Netherlands, Spanish|Hapsburg inheritance]], about the same time Lutheranism and Calvinism began to obtain a hold there. After Charles V's death in 1556, the Hapsburgs and the Protestants would collide, sparking the States' Revolt. Florins were struck for the duke without date along with florins struck at Venray (Fr-48) and Nijmegen (Fr-50).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:''  3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Delm-599 (R1); Fr-49. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Delmonte, A., ''Le Bénélux D'or,'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* [[Gelderland (1371-1402) goldgulden Fr-43]]
* [[Holland (1378) goldgulden Fr-105]], William V of Bavaria
* [[Julich (1402-23) goldgulden Fr-1364]], Reinald IV
* [[Holland (1411) chaise d'or Fr-112]], William VI of Bavaria
* [[Gelderland (1423-72) florin Fr-56]], Arnold Van Egmond
* [[Coins and currency dated 1402]]

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