1 Goldgulden - Louis

The Leiningen-Westerburg Goldgulden of this period reflects the fractured monetary authority of the Holy Roman Empire, where minor Rhenish counts retained the right to strike gold coinage — a privilege fiercely protected and occasionally abused. The county's issues from this window fall directly across the opening of the Thirty Years' War, and production almost certainly contracted sharply after 1618 as metal supplies tightened and the region's political position grew precarious.

Fr#1435 is a recognized rarity in Friedberg's gold listings. Output from Leiningen-Westerburg was never large.