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1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | Magdeburg, City of |
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| Year | 1571-1576 |
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| Weight | 3.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the elaborate armorial shield of the city of Magdeburg is depicted, surmounted by a crowned figure — likely the Virgin Mary or a civic patron — flanked by two towers, all set within the city gate motif characteristic of Magdeburg's heraldic tradition. The date appears in the upper portion of the legend surrounding the central device. The circumscription, rendered in Latin, identifies the coin as the new gold money of Magdeburg. |
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| Mint | Magdeburg |
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Magdeburg's civic goldgulden of this period were struck at a moment of significant constitutional tension — the city held the status of an imperial free city while simultaneously sitting within the ecclesiastical territory of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg, a jurisdictional ambiguity that periodically erupted into open conflict over coinage rights. The city's right to strike gold was contested, and issues from this window are correspondingly scarce.
The Schmalkaldic aftermath still shaped municipal politics through the 1570s. Magdeburg had held out against Charles V longer than virtually any other German city — the famous "Our Lord God's Chancellery" — and civic independence remained a live issue when these gulden were produced.