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Reichsgulden (other)
Reichsgulden was an official coin of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century, issued in two, officially equivalent, forms: *the Goldgulden *the Guldengroschen See also *Gulden (other) *Reichsmünzordnung {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 until the twelfth century, the Empire was the most powerful monarchy in Europe. Andrew Holt characterizes it as "perhaps the most powerful European state of the Middle Ages". The functioning of government depended on the harmonic cooperation (dubbed ''consensual rulership'' by Bernd Schneidmüller) between monarch and vassals but this harmony was disturbed during the Salian period. The empire reached the apex of territorial expansion and power under the House of Hohenstaufen in the mid-thirteenth century, but overextending led to partial collapse. On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne as emperor, reviving the title in Western Europe, more than three centuries after the fall of the earlier ancient West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guldengroschen
The ''Guldengroschen'' or ''Guldiner'' was a large silver coin originally minted in Tirol in 1486, but which was introduced into the Duchy of Saxony in 1500. The name "''Guldengroschen''" came from the fact that it has an equivalent denomination value in silver relative to that of the '' goldgulden'' (60 '' kreuzer''). In the latter years of the 1470s and early years of the 1480s Sigismund of Austria issued decrees that reformed the poor state of his region's coinage by improving the silver fineness back to a level not seen in centuries (.937 pure) and created denominations larger than the ubiquitous, but fairly low valued '' Groschen'' of 4 to 6 '' Kreuzer'' that were in use. In 1484, small numbers of "half ''guldengroschens''" valued at 30 kreuzer were issued. This was a revolutionary leap in denomination from the smaller pieces, and surpassed even the large '' testones'' of Italy which were the highest weight coins in use. Finally, in 1486 the full sized ''guldengroschen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulden (other)
''Gulden'' is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German "golden penny" and Middle Dutch " golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder. Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to: Coins or currencies * Guilder, for both the gold & currency gulden * For the gold gulden: ** Guilder#gold guilder **Rhenish gulden **Reichsgulden (other), one of two 16th-century coins of the Holy Roman Empire ** Goldgulden: the official "gold Gulden" (as opposed to the silver Guldengroschen) during the 16th century ** Guldengroschen (Silbergulden): a silver coin defined as having the same value as an actual ''Gulden'' * For European currencies named gulden excluding Switzerland: **Guilder **Dutch gulden **Austro-Hungarian gulden (1754-1892) **South German gulden * For currencies identical to the South German gulden: **Baden gulden (1754-1873) **Bavarian gulden **Württemberg gulden *For Swiss currencies named gulden: **Fribourg gulden * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
