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1 Goldgulden - Frederick III Frankfurt mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1491-1493 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Saint John the Baptist depicted standing facing, robed, holding a book (Bible) in one hand and the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in the other. Between his feet appears the Weinsberg coat of arms, serving as a mintmaster's or guarantor's mark. The figure is rendered in the stylized Gothic manner typical of late medieval German goldgulden coinage. The surrounding circular legend in Gothic uncial letters includes the last two digits of the year of issue, and the entire design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | Frankfurt am Main Mint |
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Frederick III's reign saw the Holy Roman Empire's minting authority fragmented across dozens of ecclesiastical and secular lords, each jealously guarding their coining rights. Frankfurt's position as the site of imperial elections and trade fairs made its mint politically significant beyond its output volume. These gulden were struck in the final years of Frederick's extraordinarily long reign — he held the imperial title for 53 years, longer than any other Holy Roman Emperor — and the multiple die references under JuF and Levinson reflect genuine variety across those three years of production rather than simple cataloging redundancy.