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1 Goldgulden

Emittent Augsburg, Free city of
Jahr 1521
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Prägetechnik Hammered
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Reversbeschreibung A large double-headed imperial eagle displayed, both heads crowned beneath a single imperial crown, with the escutcheon of Augsburg on the eagle's breast. The surrounding legend within a beaded border contains the Imperial titles of Emperor Karl V, reading IMPA CAES CAROLI AGVVMV or similar abbreviation. The bold, flat-relief eagle with spread wings and detailed feathering is typical of early Habsburg-era coinage struck for Imperial Free Cities.
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Augsburg's goldgulden of 1521 was struck at a pivotal moment for the city: the Imperial Diet of Worms convened that same year, with Charles V presiding just miles from the mint's sphere of influence. Augsburg's banking dynasties — the Fuggers chief among them — were then at the height of their power, having financed Charles V's imperial election two years earlier in gold coin of precisely this type.

The Rhenish goldgulden standard governing this piece dated to the 1386 currency union among the Rhine electors, and Augsburg's adherence to it reflects the city's dependence on inter-regional trade credibility. Fr#43 places this squarely within the pre-Reformation free city issues before monetary fragmentation accelerated.