Aachen held a uniquely charged position in the Holy Roman Empire — coronation city of the German kings, seat of Charlemagne's memory, and a free imperial city that jealously guarded its minting privileges against both territorial princes and imperial encroachment. The thalers struck in this period fall during the height of confessional conflict within the city walls: a Protestant-dominated council had taken control of Aachen's government by the 1570s, a situation the Emperor Rudolf II would ultimately resolve by force in 1598 when imperial troops expelled the Protestant magistrates and restored Catholic governance.
Krum 111 is struck to the Reichsthaler standard set by the 1566 imperial coinage ordinance.
Aachen held a uniquely charged position in the Holy Roman Empire — coronation city of the German kings, seat of Charlemagne's memory, and a free imperial city that jealously guarded its minting privileges against both territorial princes and imperial encroachment. The thalers struck in this period fall during the height of confessional conflict within the city walls: a Protestant-dominated council had taken control of Aachen's government by the 1570s, a situation the Emperor Rudolf II would ultimately resolve by force in 1598 when imperial troops expelled the Protestant magistrates and restored Catholic governance.
Krum 111 is struck to the Reichsthaler standard set by the 1566 imperial coinage ordinance.