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1 Goldgulden - Charles Philip of Greiffenklau-Vollraths
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1749 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate quartered coat of arms of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, surmounted by three ornate crested helmets with elaborate mantling in high-relief Baroque style. The shield incorporates the arms of the bishopric and the personal arms of the Greiffenklau-Vollraths family. The circumferential legend reads CAROLUS PHILIPPUS D.G. EPH. S.R.I.P. FR. OR. DUX, identifying Charles Philip by the Grace of God as Bishop of Würzburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Franconia and the East. The coin's milled border frames the design with a fine toothed edge. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Charles Philip of Greiffenklau-Vollraths held the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg from 1749 until his death the same year — one of the shortest episcopates in the see's history. This gulden was struck in the year of his election and almost certainly before his death in November, making the window of production vanishingly narrow. Würzburg's goldgulden coinage of this period was tied directly to the Rhine Kreis monetary conventions, with the .770 fineness reflecting a deliberate compromise between older Rhenish standards and the commercial pressures of mid-century German trade.