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Goldgulden - Johann V
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1612-1619 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (8) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed within a beaded inner circle, with a crowned orb bearing a cross on the eagle's chest. A crown surmounts the heads of the eagle above. The surrounding legend names the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias in abbreviated Latin, reading MATH · D · G · R · IM · S · A · V · G · B H R, distributed around the inner circle. The style is consistent with standard Imperial coinage types of the early 17th century as adopted by ecclesiastical mints within the Empire. |
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The Bishopric of Chur held the right to strike gold coinage by imperial privilege, a status the bishops defended aggressively against encroachment from the Graubünden leagues throughout the early seventeenth century. Johann V von Flugi, who held the see from 1601 to 1627, navigated the increasingly fractious confessional politics of the region — Chur sat at the intersection of Catholic episcopal authority and the Reformed cantons — while maintaining enough monetary autonomy to produce this series across nearly a decade.
The HMZ 1#2-404a designation places this among a small group of documented die marriages for the type.