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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Dortmund, City of |
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| Year | 1541-1546 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a displayed imperial eagle with wings spread, facing left, rendered in the bold relief characteristic of early 16th-century German hammered coinage. The eagle, symbol of the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, occupies the central field with detailed feather work on the wings and talons. The circumscribed Latin legend encircles the inner circle, reading the monetary inscription of the Imperial City of Dortmund, with the date of issue appearing within the legend. The design reflects the city's status as a Reichsstadt with the right to mint coinage under Imperial privilege. |
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| Obverse lettering | + MO + NO + CIVI + IMP + TREMONIENSIS + 1542 |
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Dortmund's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, a privilege jealously guarded through the sixteenth century as the city's mercantile wealth — built largely on brewing and overland trade — began a slow decline relative to the rising Rhine towns. This thaler was produced during a narrow five-year window that coincides almost exactly with the city's peak silver-striking activity before monetary rights were increasingly contested by the surrounding County of Mark.
The Davenport reference GT I#9172 places it firmly within the German territorial thaler series; MB#18 is the tighter local attribution for Dortmund civic issues specifically.