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1 Goldgulden - John of Heinsberg
| Issuer | Lordship of Schönforst |
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| Year | 1422-1433 |
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| Currency | Schilling |
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| Obverse lettering | * IOhS * DnS * D * IVLIA * hEInSB` |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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John of Heinsberg held the lordship of Schönforst as a sub-fief of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, a jurisdictional tangle that gave him just enough territorial autonomy to exercise minting rights. The Goldgulden he struck between 1422 and 1433 follows the Rhenish gulden standard — the dominant gold currency framework of the Holy Roman Empire's western territories — which was itself a political act, aligning Schönforst economically with the powerful Rhenish electoral mints rather than with Liège.
Schönforst's output was small. These pieces circulated regionally at best.