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1 Goldgulden - George Frederick I Shooting festival
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Franconia |
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| Year | 1579 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Half-length facing bust of Margrave Georg Friedrich I of Brandenburg, armored and wearing a ruffled collar, set within a beaded inner circle. The figure is rendered in a detailed Renaissance style, with the margrave's face turned slightly and his armored torso filling the lower field. The surrounding legend reads the margrave's titles in abbreviated Latin across the field. |
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| Reverse description | An elaborately shaped four-fold coat of arms with a central escutcheon bearing the Brandenburg eagle, a crowned 'S' displayed on the eagle's breast. The quartered shield is rendered in ornate Renaissance heraldic style with decorative elements surrounding the arms. The date appears at the end of the circumferential legend, with the last two digits '79' closing the inscription. |
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Shooting festivals — Freischießen — were civic and political events as much as sporting ones, used by German princes to project authority, attract allies, and reward loyalty among the urban militias whose support mattered. George Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach issued this gulden for the 1579 festival at a moment when he was managing a complex Protestant coalition across fragmented Franconian territories. Presentation pieces like this circulated socially rather than commercially, passed as gifts to notable participants or visiting dignitaries.
Frösner 314 and Schramm 1315a both cite this as a rare survival. The a suffix on Schr#1315a suggests at least one die variant within the type.