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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1644-1647 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Displayed double-headed imperial eagle with elaborately detailed plumage and outstretched wings, each head crowned individually and surmounted by a third imperial crown at the top of the design; the date 1647 is divided by the upper crown. On the eagle's breast, a circular orb bearing a crown. The surrounding legend, reading FERDINANDVS III D:G: ROM: IMP: SEMP: AVGVS:, identifies the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, with the legend reading continuously around the beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1644 GN - - 1645 GN - - 1646 - - 1647 - - |
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Frankfurt struck this thaler during the final negotiations of the Thirty Years' War, when the city was simultaneously hosting the preliminary peace conferences that would culminate in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The free imperial city had spent the war years navigating an exceptionally precarious neutrality, quartering troops from multiple belligerents while attempting to preserve its commercial privileges and mint rights.
The Dav. 5295 designation places this within a well-documented sequence, but survivors in collectible grades are scarce — Frankfurt's wartime economy meant these thalers circulated hard.