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1/2 Gulden Coronation of Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Aachen, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1531 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1504-1798) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears an eight-line Latin text inscription arranged horizontally across the field, presenting the abbreviated titles of Charles V and Ferdinand I as brothers, Roman Emperors, Kings of Spain, of the Two Sicilies, of Hungary and Bohemia, Archdukes of Austria, and Dukes of Burgundy, with the date in Roman numerals MDXXXI at the base. The legend is set in capital Roman letters of varying size, with dot separators between abbreviations throughout. The entire inscription is enclosed within a continuous cable border matching that of the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand I was crowned King of Germany at Aachen in January 1531, the last such coronation held in that city before the practice shifted definitively to Frankfurt. Aachen struck commemorative coinage for the occasion exercising the municipal minting privilege it had held since the Carolingian period — a right the city jealously defended against repeated imperial attempts to curtail it. This half gulden is among the earliest documented pieces in Menadier's classification of the issue, suggesting it was struck close to the ceremony itself rather than as a later civic souvenir.