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1 Thaler - Adolph of Dalberg
| Issuer | Abbey of Fulda |
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| Year | 1729 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Adolph von Dalberg facing right, wearing a clerical mozzetta adorned with a decorative clasp and elaborate lace cravat, his hair flowing in period style. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine baroque detail. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the full Latin legend surrounding the bust in the outer field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ADOLPHVS • D • G • S • R • I • PR • & • AB • FVLD • D • A • A • P • G • & G • P • |
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Adolph von Dalberg served as Prince-Abbot of Fulda from 1726 until his death in 1737, presiding over an ecclesiastical principality that had operated as an independent imperial abbey since the Carolingian period. Fulda's abbots held the rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, giving them full authority to strike coinage — a right the abbey exercised with considerable ambition throughout the eighteenth century.
The Dalberg family was among the most politically connected noble houses in the Rhineland, and Adolph's tenure coincided with a period of active building and patronage at Fulda, including the completion of the baroque cathedral consecrated just four years before this thaler was struck.