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1 Goldgulden - Sigismund Frankfurt mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1411-1437 |
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| Currency | Goldgulden (1400-1525) |
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| Reverse description | Saint John the Baptist depicted full-length, facing slightly forward, robed in a long flowing garment, his right hand raised in a gesture of benediction and his left arm cradling the Lamb of God; a crescent moon appears between his feet. The figure is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the peripheral legend in Gothic uncial characters running between two beaded borders. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sigismund's Frankfurt goldgulden belongs to a reign defined by ecclesiastical crisis as much as imperial politics. He was the principal architect of the Council of Constance (1414–1418), which ended the Western Schism by deposing rival claimants and electing Martin V — a resolution that required Sigismund to hold the fractious council together through sheer political force for three years. Frankfurt's mint rights were among the Rhenish privileges he carefully managed to fund that diplomacy.
The Frankfurt issues under Sigismund conform to the Rhenish gulden standard established at the 1419 Kurfürstentag, fixing fineness obligations that mints frequently violated in practice.