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1 Carolin - Adolphus of Dalberg
| Issuer | Abbey of Fulda |
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| Year | 1734-1735 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Adalbert von Schleifras, Prince-Abbot of Fulda from 1714, administered one of the most powerful ecclesiastical territories in the Holy Roman Empire — a principality that retained full imperial immediacy and the right to strike coinage in gold and silver. The Carolin, introduced across several German states in the 1720s, was pegged at ten Gulden and modeled loosely on the French Louis d'or as German princes scrambled to issue prestige gold in response to French monetary influence.
Fulda's output was never large. The abbey's mint operated intermittently, and gold issues were struck in small quantities for ceremonial and diplomatic purposes rather than everyday commerce.