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1/4 Thaler called Dicken
| Issuer | Hagenau, City of |
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| Year | 1600-1621 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, an orb on the breast, all set within a beaded circle. The eagle is rendered in the robust, stylized manner typical of Holy Roman Empire coinage of the early 17th century. The surrounding Latin legend is distributed around the eagle within the border. The image shown appears to be the reverse side of the coin, displaying this design clearly. |
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| Mintage | ND (1600-1621) - - 38,000 |
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Hagenau (Haguenau) was an imperial free city in Alsace and seat of the Reichslandvogtei, the administrative body overseeing imperial estates in the region. The Dicken denomination was a distinctly southwestern German and Swiss convention — essentially a heavy groschen-weight silver piece — and Hagenau's adoption of it reflects the city's commercial orientation toward the Rhine trade networks rather than the broader Reichstaler system gaining dominance elsewhere. The prolonged date span of this type, running over two decades, suggests continuous municipal demand rather than a ceremonial or one-off striking.
The KM#28.1 designation separates this from at least one die variant, with E&L#37-42 cataloguing six distinct pieces across the run.