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1 Goldgulden - Kuno II of Falkenstein
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1377-1385 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Obverse lettering | CVnO ARIEPS TREn (Translation: Kuno, archbishop of Trier.) |
| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Cologne and Trier, displayed within an ornate sexfoil frame composed of six lobes with decorative cusping, all set against a plain field. The shield is rendered in the heraldic style typical of late 14th-century Rhenish goldgulden, with the cross of Trier and the arms of Cologne clearly delineated. A beaded inner circle encloses the central device, while a Gothic uncial legend referencing the issuer's role as Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire for Gaul occupies the surrounding field. A beaded outer border frames the entire composition. |
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Kuno II von Falkenstein served as Archbishop of Trier from 1362 until his death in 1388, and for much of that tenure he was among the most politically consequential ecclesiastical princes in the empire. He was one of the seven Electors who deposed Emperor Wenzel in 1400 — though this coin predates that act — and his archiepiscopate coincided with a period of intense competition among Rhenish mints to produce gulden acceptable in cross-border trade. The Trier goldgulden type conforming to the Rhenish Union standards was a direct product of the 1354 monetary agreement among the four Rhenish Electors.
Felke 349 places this emission within a well-documented sequence; Noss remains the foundational reference for Trier archiepiscopal coinage.