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1 Goldgulden - Maximilian I Frankfurt mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1514-1515 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears an imperial orb set within a quatrefoil frame, a characteristic device of late medieval German gold coinage. The surrounding circular legend carries the titles of Emperor Maximilian I in abbreviated Latin, with the date appearing at the close of the inscription. The lettering is rendered in Gothic script typical of Frankfurt municipal coinage of the early sixteenth century. The overall design reflects the standardised Rhenish Goldgulden type mandated for imperial free city mints. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maximilian I spent much of his reign perpetually short of money, funding wars against France, the Ottomans, and the Swiss Confederation simultaneously while his tax revenues lagged badly behind his ambitions. The Frankfurt mint produced these gulden under imperial authority during the years when Maximilian was negotiating the Habsburg succession that would eventually hand Charles V an empire spanning two continents — deals that required exactly this kind of liquid gold to cement.
Fr#941 is among the scarcer Maximilian gold issues, Frankfurt having struck far fewer gulden than the Tyrolean or Netherlandish mints favored by the emperor.