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| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1749 |
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| Value | 3 Kreuzers (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval shield bearing the quartered arms of the Bishopric of Würzburg impaled with the personal arms of Ingelheim, featuring a checkerboard (chequy) pattern on the central escutcheon. The shield is surmounted by a princely crown with a cross finial and flanked by elaborate baroque mantle or drapery. Ecclesiastical insignia, including a crozier and sword, appear as supporters behind the shield. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the composition within a milled border, reading partially: ANG · FRANC · D · G · HERB · S · R · I · PR · FR · O · DUX. |
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| Reverse description | Nine-line commemorative Latin inscription filling the field, recording the death of Bishop Anselm Francis of Ingelheim and the date 1749, with the numeral 3 appearing on an imperial orb that divides the bottom line, denoting the denomination of 3 Kreuzers. The inscription is arranged in a formal, centered layout typical of mid-eighteenth-century German ecclesiastical commemorative coinage. The entire design is enclosed within a milled border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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