1 Thaler Gold pattern strike

Freiburg im Breisgau sat under Habsburg administration throughout the eighteenth century, and civic pattern strikes of this kind were typically produced as presentation pieces for imperial officials or as gifts exchanged during formal municipal negotiations — not for circulation. The 1739 date places this squarely in the reign of Charles VI, the final years before the succession crisis that triggered the War of the Austrian Succession.

At 23.28 g in .986 fine gold, the working dies were almost certainly adapted from the silver thaler production of the same year, making the Fr#1029a designation the critical reference for distinguishing it from any later restrike.