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1 Reichsguldiner
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1598-1612 |
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| Value | 1 Guldenthaler |
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| Obverse description | Two adjacent helmeted shield of arms leaning together at centre, the left bearing the Nuremberg eagle and the right bearing the city's quartered arms, with the initials F • F (Fieri Fecit) displayed between them. The date in Roman numerals appears in the exergue below the shields. The legend RESPVB / NVRENBERG is arranged in two lines in the upper field above the shields, all within a rope border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nuremberg's Reichsguldiner issues of this period reflect the city's persistent struggle to assert minting authority within the Holy Roman Empire's increasingly contested monetary framework. The city had operated its own mint since the 13th century, but by the late 16th century the Imperial Reichsmünzordnungen — the standardized minting ordinances of 1559 and 1566 — were forcing free cities to conform to centrally mandated weight and fineness standards, a compromise Nuremberg navigated while jealously guarding its municipal minting privileges.
The .931 fineness is notably high for civic issues of this type and period.