1 Goldgulden

Frankfurt's goldgulden issues of this period were struck under the city's authority as a Free Imperial City, a status that granted Frankfurt the right to mint its own coinage — a privilege jealously guarded and periodically contested by neighboring territorial princes. The early sixteenth century was a moment of particular assertion for Frankfurt, as the city was simultaneously cementing its role as the site of imperial elections, giving its coinage a prestige that outweighed its modest production volume.

Fr#941 places this squarely within the Rhineland goldgulden tradition, struck to the weight standard that had governed Rhenish gold since the 1354 coinage treaty among the Electors.