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1 Goldgulden - Frederick Charles of Schönborn
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1729 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the ornate Baroque coat of arms of the Bishopric of Würzburg, consisting of a horizontally lined shield charged with the episcopal rake (Rechen) and a diagonal crosier, set within an elaborate acanthus-scroll cartouche with foliate flourishes at the corners. Below the shield, the abbreviated civic legend S · P · Q · W · (Senatus Populusque Wirceburgensis) appears in the lower field. The surrounding circular legend reads CORDE ORE AURO ET SANGUINE, a devotional motto translating as 'With heart, mouth, gold, and blood,' referencing the city's loyalty to its bishop. The entire design is framed by a milled border matching the obverse. |
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Frederick Charles von Schönborn held Würzburg as prince-bishop from 1729 to 1746, simultaneously ruling Bamberg — a dual appointment that concentrated extraordinary ecclesiastical and secular power in a single figure at a moment when the Schönborn family had effectively turned the Franconian church into a dynastic possession. This gulden was struck in the inaugural year of his Würzburg tenure, almost certainly as a presentation or ceremonial piece given the M designation in Krause.
The .770 fineness places it below the Rhenish gulden standard, a deliberate choice common among smaller ecclesiastical mints managing bullion costs against political prestige.