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1 Albus Gold Pattern Strike
| Issuer | Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (German States) |
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| Year | 1649 |
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| Value | 1 Albus (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | The Frankfurt imperial eagle displayed in the centre of the field, its wings spread and head turned to the right, rendered in the bold relief characteristic of mid-seventeenth-century German municipal coinage. The eagle bears a small ornamental crown above its head and displays elaborately detailed feathering on both wings. A continuous circular legend in Latin reads REIPVB : FRANCOFVRT :, separated by pellet stops, running around the periphery of the coin. The entire design is bordered by a finely beaded inner circle and a milled outer rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frankfurt's 1649 output coincides directly with the Peace of Westphalia celebrations — the city served as a principal venue for Imperial Diet assemblies and had a vested civic interest in commemorating the treaty's conclusion after thirty years of war. Pattern strikes in gold from Frankfurt's mint during this period were almost never intended for circulation; they were presentation pieces, distributed to dignitaries or retained as proofs of the die-cutter's work.
JuF 461b is the gold variant of a type struck in base metal for actual use. At 1.7 g, the planchet sits at roughly half the weight of a standard gold gulden, suggesting the gold was sized to match the silver Albus's dimensions rather than any gold denomination's intrinsic value.