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2 Thalers
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1572 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a large ornate cross, its four arms terminating in fleurs-de-lis, with eight crowned roundels arranged around the cross, each containing an heraldic device including the Frankfurt eagle. At the centre of the cross is the Frankfurt eagle displayed. A beaded inner circle frames the design, with the circumferential legend reading MONETA * NO * REIP * FRANCOFORDIÆ in Latin capital letters. The overall composition is characteristic of late 16th-century German hammered coinage, with strong relief and bold heraldic imagery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frankfurt struck this double thaler during a period when the city's status as the site of imperial elections gave it unusual monetary ambition — issues of this size were prestige objects as much as currency, circulating among merchants and princes rather than in daily trade. The 1572 date places it squarely within the tenure of Maximilian II, whose election at Frankfurt in 1562 had reaffirmed the city's ceremonial centrality to the Empire.
The Dav GT I#9184 attribution ties it to a well-documented but genuinely scarce type; surviving examples in collectible condition are seldom encountered outside major European sales.