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20 Kreuzers - Adam Frederick of Seinsheim Konventionskreuzer
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1764-1770 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#379 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Prince-Bishop Adam Frederick of Seinsheim facing right, set within an ornamental wreath of laurel and palm branches tied at the base. The circumferential Latin legend reads AD. FRI. D. G. EP. BAM. ET WIR. S. R. I. P. F. O. D., denoting his titles as Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. A mint letter appears at the base of the wreath below the effigy. The portrait is rendered in the restrained Baroque style characteristic of mid-18th-century German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The elaborately quartered episcopal arms of Würzburg and Bamberg, supported by ornate Baroque cartouche mantling, surmounted by a princely crown with cross finial and displayed upon a stepped pedestal bearing the denomination numeral 20. A laurel branch to the left and a palm branch to the right flank the shield. The mint mark CWF appears on a tablet at the base of the pedestal. The circumferential legend, reading 60 EINE FEINE MARCK, denotes the Konventionstaler fineness standard of 60 kreuzer pieces per Cologne mark of fine silver, with the date appearing within the legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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