1 Goldgulden - Theodoric II of Moers Riehl

Theodoric II of Moers held the archbishopric of Cologne from 1414 to 1463 — one of the longest tenures of any Cologne archbishop — but his reign was financially and politically turbulent throughout. The Cologne archbishops had been issuing Rhenish goldgulden as members of the Kurrheinischer Münzverein since the late 14th century, bound by inter-electoral agreements that fixed weight and fineness standards across the Rhine. Violations of those standards were a persistent source of diplomatic friction between member mints.

The Riehl mint, situated on the Rhine north of the city, handled a significant portion of Theodoric's gold output precisely because it sat outside the tighter municipal oversight of Cologne proper.