Goldgulden - Pilgrim II

Pilgrim II von Puchheim held the archbishopric from 1365 to 1396, a tenure long enough to establish Salzburg as a serious participant in the Rhenish goldgulden currency system that had been consolidating across the German lands since the 1354 Mülhausen union. The archbishops of Salzburg derived much of their monetary authority from the salt trade revenues flowing through the region — hard commodity wealth that justified and sustained gold coinage at this weight standard.

CNA A51 places this issue within the earliest phase of Salzburg gold gulden production. The type follows the Florentine weight convention adopted broadly by the Rhenish electoral mints.