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1 Goldgulden - Walram von Moers
| Issuer | Barony of Baar |
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| Year | 1445 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the quartered heraldic shield of Walram von Moers, Archbishop of Cologne, divided by a plain cross into four quarters, with alternating heraldic devices rendered in the Gothic hammered style. The shield is set within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a beaded border. The peripheral legend in Gothic uncial characters reads ★ AnnO ★ DOMI` MCCC ★ CXLV ★, giving the date in Roman numerals as 1445, with star stops separating the legend elements. The overall design follows the standard iconographic conventions of mid-fifteenth century Rhenish goldgulden coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Walram von Moers served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1332 to 1349, making a 1445 attribution to him essentially impossible — the data here is almost certainly conflating two figures from the prominent Moers family, which produced multiple ecclesiastical and secular rulers across the Rhineland throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Barony of Baar held limited but recognized minting rights during this period, and goldgulden from such minor Rhenish lordships were typically struck to the Rhenish standard to facilitate trade acceptance.