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1 Schilling - Sede vacante
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1746 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Würzburg — a raking diagonal stripe — surmounted by an ornate princely crown with cross finial, flanked by elaborate Baroque scroll supporters. The date is divided at the base of the shield. A circular legend runs around the periphery of the coin within a milled border. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of St. Kilian, patron saint of Würzburg, vested in full pontifical robes including mitre, holding a crozier in his left hand and a processional cross in his right. The saint stands in a dignified, hieratic pose within the coin field. The legend SANCTUS KILIANUS encircles the figure within a milled border. |
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Struck upon the death of Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn in 1746, this sede vacante issue was produced during the interregnum before a new bishop was elected to the see. The Bishopric of Würzburg, as an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, held the right to strike coinage in its own name — and that right temporarily passed to the cathedral chapter during vacancies, which is the issuing authority behind this piece.
Würzburg's sede vacante issues are among the more precisely datable coins in German ecclesiastical numismatics, since the vacancy lasted only months.