Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Thaler
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1767-1776 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the ornate crowned arms of Nuremberg — party per pale, dexter an eagle displayed, sinister bendy — set within an elaborate Baroque cartouche flanked by foliate and floral ornaments. A mural crown surmounts the shield, with a lion passant as crest above. Mintmaster's initials S·R· appear in the lower field flanking the base of the cartouche. The circumferential legend, reading MONETA REIPVBL·NORIMBERG·1767·S·R·X·E·FEINE·M·, encircles the design, indicating the city republic, date, and fineness standard. The entire design is enclosed by a finely reeded border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | MONETA REIPVBL·NORIMBERG·1767· S· R· X·E·FEINE·M· |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Nuremberg's thaler coinage of this decade was produced under increasing financial strain as the city's chronic debt crisis — decades in the making — began drawing direct intervention from the Imperial Aulic Council. By the 1760s the city had essentially lost control of its own finances, with imperial commissioners scrutinizing expenditure while the mint continued striking prestige silver largely to maintain the facade of sovereign municipal standing.
Davenport's GT II attribution places this firmly within the later civic issues before Nuremberg's formal financial capitulation in 1796.