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1 Goldgulden - Rupert of the Palatinate
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1464-1468 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse lettering | ROPERT EL C COnF COL |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rupert of the Palatinate held the archbishopric of Cologne from 1463 under deeply contested circumstances — his election was disputed by a rival candidate backed by Pope Pius II, and the resulting conflict drew in the Wittelsbach family, the papacy, and neighboring territorial lords simultaneously. He was never fully secure in the see. These gulden were struck during that turbulent tenure, when asserting monetary authority was as much a political act as an administrative one.
The Noss Co II attribution places this squarely within the documented Cologne goldgulden sequence for the period. Felke 1381 is a recognized variety with consistent die characteristics across known specimens.