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60 Kreuzer - Charles II Guldentaler
| Issuer | Margraviate of Baden-Durlach |
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| Year | 1575 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1535-1771) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned Baden-Durlach coat of arms — a quartered shield displaying the diagonal bend of Baden and the griffin of Hochberg — flanked by elaborate Renaissance scrollwork and foliage. The date 1575 appears within the field above the shield. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the design along the coin's border, reading CAROLVS D G MAR BAD ET HOCHB LANDG IN SUSENB, identifying Margrave Charles II of Baden-Durlach by name and title. The overall style is characteristic of South German Renaissance hammered coinage with bold, deeply engraved relief. |
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| Reverse description | Center of the reverse displays the Imperial double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, with wings spread and a crown above, bearing an orb and scepter on its breast shield. The eagle is rendered in the bold, stylized tradition of mid-16th century Germanic coinage. The surrounding legend, MAXIMILIAN II D G ROM IMP SEMP AVG, invokes the authority of Emperor Maximilian II, under whose suzerainty this coin was issued. The legend is interrupted at intervals by small decorative stops. The overall composition follows the standard Imperial Reichsthaler reverse type of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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