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1 Goldgulden - Vinzenz
| Issuer | Moers, County of |
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| Year | 1464-1476 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing half-length figure of Saint Vincent, the patron saint of the County of Moers, depicted in ecclesiastical vestments with a nimbus, raising his right hand in benediction and holding a book or attribute in his left hand. The saint is flanked on either side by Gothic architectural elements, likely towers or church facades, rendered in the characteristic style of Rhenish goldgulden. At the base of the design, a shield bearing the arms of Moers is visible in the lower field. The entire central device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery in Gothic lettering. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Vinzenz I von Moers ruled a small Rhenish county perpetually short of cash and perpetually at odds with its neighbors. The Goldgulden he issued between 1464 and 1476 followed the Rhenish gulden standard — a monetary agreement among the Rhine Electors that smaller territories routinely exploited by striking imitation coinages at marginally reduced weight. Whether Moers played that game honestly is a question the Noss classification leaves open.
Surviving examples are genuinely scarce. The county's mint output was modest by any measure, and Moers was absorbed into Cleves by 1600, ending any continuous local collecting tradition that might have preserved more pieces.