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| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1776-1781 |
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| Weight | 3.9 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 120 EINE FEINE MARK 10 RATISBONA 1776 |
| Reverse description | A crowned Imperial double-headed eagle is depicted with wings displayed, occupying the central field. Each head faces outward to its respective side beneath a shared Imperial crown, with sceptre and orb visible in the talons. The surrounding legend, reading IOSEPHVS II. D. G. ROM. IMP. SEMP. AVG., identifying Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, encircles the eagle within a milled border, inscribed in crisp capital Latin lettering. |
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Regensburg's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, though by the late eighteenth century that autonomy was increasingly symbolic — the city's finances were chronically strained and its political weight within the Holy Roman Empire had long been eclipsed by the territorial princes. The five-year production window for this type likely reflects episodic minting tied to fiscal need rather than a sustained coinage program.
Regensburg was also the permanent seat of the Immerwährender Reichstag after 1663, which brought diplomatic traffic but not prosperity.