Friedrich Karl von Schönborn served simultaneously as Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1729, an unusual dual appointment that concentrated considerable ecclesiastical and territorial authority in a single figure. His uncle Lothar Franz had held Bamberg before him, and the Schönborn family's grip on Franconian church politics during this period was effectively dynastic in all but name. This gulden was struck in the year of Friedrich Karl's accession to Würzburg.
The .770 fineness places it below the Rhenish standard, consistent with gulden coinage of the period rather than ducat-quality gold.
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn served simultaneously as Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1729, an unusual dual appointment that concentrated considerable ecclesiastical and territorial authority in a single figure. His uncle Lothar Franz had held Bamberg before him, and the Schönborn family's grip on Franconian church politics during this period was effectively dynastic in all but name. This gulden was struck in the year of Friedrich Karl's accession to Würzburg.
The .770 fineness places it below the Rhenish standard, consistent with gulden coinage of the period rather than ducat-quality gold.