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| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim facing right, wearing a elaborate rococo ecclesiastical mantle adorned with decorative clasps and lace trim, with a long curled wig falling to the shoulders. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail in the bishop's vestments. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the effigy along the raised rim, with fine milled dentilation at the coin's edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | ADAM • FRID • D • G • EP • BAM • ET WIRC • S • R • I • PRIN • FR • OR • DUX • |
| Reverse description | A crowned quartered escutcheon displaying the arms of the Bishopric of Würzburg, flanked by two rampant lion supporters standing on elaborate rococo scrollwork cartouche, with the mint initial 'W' displayed on a small shield at the base of the composition. The date 1764 appears in the legend, and the engravers' initials INM and FHP are visible in the lower field. The surrounding Latin legend references the Patroness of Franconia and the Conventions standard of ten coins to the fine mark. |
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