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1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1624 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#A21, Behr#572, Fr#1475 |
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| Reverse description | A spread double-headed imperial eagle with detailed feathering on each wing, surmounted by a single crown above both heads. On the eagle's breast is a small shield bearing the Habsburg orb or sceptre device. The date 1624 is divided and placed in the lower field on either side of the eagle's tail feathers. The circular Latin legend CIVITATIS IMPERIAL runs around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | CIVITATIS IMPERIAL 16 24 |
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Lübeck's gold coinage of the early seventeenth century was issued under constant pressure from the Thirty Years' War, which had broken out just six years before this piece was struck. The city's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to mint gold, a privilege jealously defended against both the Emperor and neighboring territorial princes.
Fr#1475 is among the scarcer Lübeck gulden attributions in Friedberg, with surviving examples appearing infrequently at auction outside the major German cabinets.