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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1647-1655 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Imperial double-headed eagle displayed, with both heads crowned individually and surmounted by a single large imperial crown above, the whole rendered with finely detailed feathering and scrolled wing tips. On the eagle's breast is superimposed an orb bearing a cross, the symbol of imperial authority. The surrounding Latin legend, separated by pellets, names Emperor Ferdinand III in his imperial titles. A toothed border runs along the full circumference, consistent with the hammered technique employed throughout the issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | FERDINANDVS III D G ROM IMP SEMP AVGVS |
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Frankfurt struck these thalers during the immediate aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, which had ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — negotiated partly in Osnabrück and Münster while Frankfurt itself served as a staging ground for troop movements and war financing. The city's status as a Free Imperial City gave it autonomous minting rights, and maintaining a credible silver coinage was inseparable from maintaining that political independence.
The Dav. CCT 5297 attribution places this squarely within the City Coinage Thalers series documented by Davenport, a multi-year type spanning the transition from wartime to postwar monetary conditions in the Rhineland.