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1/2 Thaler
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1694 |
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| Weight | 14.47 g |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with a central orb on its breast bearing the arms of the Holy Roman Empire. The mintmaster's initials are separated to either side of the eagle in the field. The date appears within or alongside the design, and an encircling legend runs along the outer border. |
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| Mint | Frankfurt am Main Mint |
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Frankfurt struck this half thaler in 1694 under its status as a Free Imperial City — a designation that gave the city council the legal right to mint its own coinage independent of any territorial prince. That autonomy was perpetually contested; the city's minting rights required ongoing negotiation with the Imperial court, and the 1690s saw Frankfurt navigating the financial pressures of the Nine Years' War without the buffer of a sovereign's treasury behind it.
JuF#591 places this within the Justus und Fictus reference for Frankfurt civic coinage, the specialist catalog for this series.