1 Goldgulden - Joachim Ernest

Brandenburg-Ansbach came under Joachim Ernest in 1603 following the division of the Hohenzollern territories, and his goldgulden coinage reflects the margraviate's determined effort to participate in the Rhenish gold gulden trade circuit despite its modest economic footprint. The Fr#321 attribution places this squarely in the Friedberg gold series for German states, where Ansbach issues from this period are genuinely scarce in any grade.

The fifteen-year span of this type — 1610 through Joachim Ernest's death in 1625 — means multiple die marriages exist, and Wilm#819 covers them collectively without distinguishing dated subvarieties.