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1 Thaler Shooting Festival
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1716 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Displayed single-headed eagle of Frankfurt, crowned, with wings spread and talons clutching orb and sceptre, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials I·I·F appear flanking the lower body of the eagle. A circular inner beaded border frames the device, with a continuous Latin legend running around the periphery between the inner and outer borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA NOVA REIPUBLICAE FRANCOFORDIENSIS · I · I · F |
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Frankfurt's annual shooting festival — the Freischießen — was one of the most politically charged civic events in the Holy Roman Empire. Guilds, city councils, and visiting dignitaries competed for prizes, and the commemorative thalers issued for these occasions served the very practical function of prize money. The 1716 issue falls during a period when Frankfurt was navigating considerable pressure from both Habsburg imperial authority and the ambitions of surrounding territorial princes.
Davenport's Germanic Talers II attribution places this among a well-documented series of Frankfurt shooting thalers, though individual die marriages within the type show variation in the depth of the lettering on the edge.