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1 Goldgulden - Otto of Ziegenhain
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1419 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (20) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | OTTOnIS ARCP TREV (Translation: Otto, archbishop of Trier.) |
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Otto of Ziegenhain served as Archbishop of Trier from 1418 until his death in 1430, and his tenure coincided with the Council of Constance's aftermath — a period when the German ecclesiastical princes were aggressively reasserting both spiritual and financial authority following decades of schism. The Rhenish goldgulden was by this point a heavily regulated currency, its weight and fineness controlled by the Rhenish Electoral Mint Treaty of 1386, which bound Trier alongside Mainz, Cologne, and the Palatinate.
Noss Tr#427 is among the earlier strikings of Otto's gulden series, distinguishable from later issues by die characteristics catalogued by Felke.