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1 Thaler - Anselm Francis of Ingelheim Peace
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1679 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#180, Dav ST#5567, Pr.Alex#604 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim facing right, with long curled hair, set within a raised inner border. An armorial shield bearing the quartered arms of Mainz is visible at the lower left truncation. The encircling Latin legend reads ANS. FRANC. D.G. AEPS. MOG. S.R.G.A.C.PR., identifying the archbishop by name and title. |
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| Mintage | 1679: ND (1679) |
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Struck to commemorate the Peace of Nijmegen, which concluded in 1678–79 after six years of warfare that had drawn in France, the Dutch Republic, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and several lesser powers. Anselm Franz von Ingelheim had been Archbishop-Elector of Mainz for barely two years when this piece was issued, and the peace gave him both occasion and political motivation to advertise his position among the imperial princes.
The Nijmegen treaties were unusual in producing separate agreements signed at intervals — the Franco-Dutch peace in August 1678, the Franco-Spanish in September, the Franco-Imperial not until February 1679. This thaler almost certainly postdates that final instrument.