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1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | Rostock, City of |
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| Year | 1613-1616 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a displayed Imperial double-headed eagle with spread wings, each head turned outward, bearing on its breast an orb surmounted by a cross pattée, the whole rendered in bold hammered relief. The eagle is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding circumferential legend, separated by pellets and rosettes, reads MATTHIAS D G RO IM SEM AVG PF D, identifying Emperor Matthias of the Holy Roman Empire by his full imperial titles, set between the beaded border and the coin's outer rim. |
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Rostock's municipal goldgulden issues of the early seventeenth century reflect the city's persistent effort to maintain independent coinage rights against the encroachments of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. The city had held Imperial coinage privileges since the medieval period, but their exercise became increasingly contested as territorial princes consolidated monetary authority across northern Germany in the decades following the Peace of Augsburg.
The Kunzel 29 A/c variety designation places this piece within a precisely documented die combination — Kunzel's corpus of Rostock coinage remains the definitive reference, distinguishing issues that outwardly appear identical.