Issuing authority
Holy Roman Empire
Composite polity of hundreds of coin-issuing states, cities and bishoprics.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- AD 800 – 1806
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
16
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
16 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1487 – 1800
15 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (16)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Maximilian I, German Emperor
1487
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of a man with crown, sword, and globus cruciger within a legend. Reverse: monogram of Maximilian I within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-40; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking),…
Partial type record
The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Free imperial city thaler
16th - 18th century
A free imperial city thaler is a large silver coin struck by a self-ruling free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire from the 16th to the 18th century. Typically measuring around 40 mm in diameter and weighing approximately 25 to 30 grams, these coins were produced under Imperial Minting Standards, such as the 156…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Schauguldiner (taler) of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
1505
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man (Maximilian I) with crown, sword, and sceptre within a legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms with the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended from it between two crowned coats of arms, above two coats of arms within a legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-6…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gold ducat, emergency coin from Vienna, struck during the siege by the Turks
1529
Nearly diamond-shaped emergency coin with slightly bevelled corners. Obverse: right-facing bust of Emperor Ferdinand with crown between year above inscription; at four corners: fleuron. Reverse: cross; between arms of cross four crowned coats of arms; at four corners: fleuron. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ferdinand, King of the Romans
1541
Silver commemorative coin, suspension loop broken off. Obverse: equestrian figure above date within an inscription. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-225; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), sil…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler (tallér) from Hungary, Moravia of Emperor Rudolph II, 1603
1603
Silver coin. Obverse: between two coats of arms, armoured bust of the Emperor with collar facing right. Reverse: between the letters N and B [= Kremnitz], crowned double-headed eagle with an orb bearing a coat of arms on its breast, and holding a sword and a sceptre in its talons. Date at the end of the legend. The…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Five units, emergency coin from Jülich, struck during the siege by Maurice, Prince of Orange-Nassau, made by cutting a piece from a plate or bowl and stamped with the monogram of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1610-07-29 - 1610-09-02
Irregular, more or less square, uniface silver emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: two stamps: top: value indication Roman numeral IIIII in rectangle; right: crowned letter R; below it year, interrupted by letter L within round beaded border. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object a…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Siege of Jülich by Albert, Archduke of Austria, emergency coin with the weight of a quarter rijksdaalder, made from a quarter taler (ortstaler) of Johann II, Count of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Veldenz from Heidelberg
1621-09-05 - 1622-02-02
Uniface emergency coin, with a large crack on the upper right side. Obverse: one large stamp: monogram of letters F and P, interrupting year and inscription; rev.: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-241; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworki…
Partial type record
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
modern coins
Coin, Germany, c.1628
c.1628
Cover of portrait miniature of a man, perhaps the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, watercolour on vellum, painted by Alexander Cooper, 1628-1630, on obverse of a silver thaler (schraubthaler) with a portrait head of Christian Miden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg. The obverse of a silver thalers, threaded to screw to t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler from the Imperial City of Nuremberg in the Name of Emperor Ferdinand II, 1628
1628
Silver coin. Obverse: city view, with motto in three lines in exergue containing the year in Roman numerals. At the top, three coats of arms between two branches. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle holding a sceptre and a sword in its talons, with a coat of arms on its breast surrounded by the collar and badge of…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Hungary, Emperor Charles VI, ½ taler, 1716
1716
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the ruler facing right with chivalric order and jewel on the breast. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with coat of arms encircled by chivalric order on its chest, holding sword and sceptre in its talons. On either side of the talons the letters K and B [= Kremnitz]. Year at the end…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
German Empire, Emperor Franz I Stephan, 1745
1745
Gold coin. Obverse: bust of the emperor facing right. Reverse: draped ornate table bearing the imperial regalia. In exergue, text and date 13 September 1745. Plain edge. Coin struck on the occasion of his election as emperor. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0147; its record gives material r…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Sol (Stuiver), Emergency Coin of Luxembourg, Struck During the Siege by the French
1795
Obverse: value designation above year. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between monogram F II. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-506; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 19.42 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half crown for the Austrian Netherlands of Francis II, 1797
1797
Silver coin. Obverse: raguly cross. Crowns in the angles. Date in legend. Reverse: portrait of Francis II facing right. Letter B [=Kremnitz] beneath portrait. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2659; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwor…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half kreuzer, emergency coin of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, struck during the Napoleonic Wars
1800
Obverse: bust of Francis II with laurel wreath facing right within inscription. Reverse: crowned, double-headed eagle with sword in each of both talons and on breast a shield, encircled with collar of the Golden Fleece; on shield: numeral ½, on either side of eagle: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this objec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kreuzer, emergency coin in the name of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, struck during the Napoleonic Wars
1800
Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath facing right within inscription. Reverse: crowned, double-headed eagle with sword in each of both talons and on breast a shield, encircled with collar of the Golden Fleece; on shield: numeral 1, on either side of eagle: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 15th century1
- 16th century3
- 17th century5
- 18th century6
Only the 15 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver10
- Copper3
- Gold2
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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