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1 Körtling - Christoph Francis of Hutten
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1724-1729 |
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| Value | 1 Körtling (1⁄84) |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the Hutten family displayed prominently in the center of the field, surmounted by a princely crown. The quartered shield incorporates the characteristic Hutten family charges, flanked by decorative baroque scrollwork and supported by heraldic figures. The initial letter F, referring to Bishop Christoph Franz von Hutten, appears within the composition. The design is rendered in high-relief baroque style typical of early eighteenth-century German ecclesiastical coinage. A beaded inner border frames the entire composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | 84 |
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Christoph Franz von Hutten governed the Bishopric of Würzburg from 1724 until his death in 1729 — a five-year episcopate short enough that his coinage is chronically underrepresented in collections. The Körtling, a minor silver denomination rooted in the north German Kreuzer tradition, survived into the eighteenth century largely through ecclesiastical mints that resisted the rationalization pressures felt by secular states. Würzburg was among the last to keep such fractional silver alive in regular issue.