Guldiner Gold trial strike

Features

Issuer	City of Bern
Period	Free imperial city (1353-1648)
Type	Patterns
Year	1501
Value	1 Guldiner
Currency	Guldiner (1492-1601)
Composition	Złoto
Weight	33.93 g
Shape	Okrągły
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 362187
References	Fr# 100 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). , Richt Pr1# 117 Jürg Richter; 2016. Die Proben und Materialvarianten von Schweizer Münzen / Band 1. Die Proben und Materialvarianten der Kantonsmünzen. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. , Geiger# 20.3.3 Hans-Ulrich Geiger; 2014. Berns Münz- und Geldgeschichte im Mittelalter / Volume 12. Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland.

Obverse

Niedźwiedź idący w lewo. Podwójny orzeł powyżej. Siedem herbów w półokręgu wokół: Niedersimmental, Frutigen, Burgdorf, Thun, Laupen, Obersimmental i Aeschi. Dodatkowe 20 herbów w zewnętrznej obwódce: Aarberg, Lenzburg, Brugg, Aarau, Zofingen, Oberhasli, Unterseen, Interlaken, Trachselwald, Murten, Huttwil, Aarburg, Erlach, Aarwangen, Orbe, Grandson, Bipp, Wangen, Büren i Nidau. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Bear walking left. Double eagle above. Seven coats-of-arms in a semi-circle around: Niedersimmental, Frutigen, Burgdorf, Thun, Laupen, Obersimmental and Aeschi. Additional 20 coats-of-arms in outer border: Aarberg, Lenzburg, Brugg, Aarau, Zofingen, Oberhasli, Unterseen, Interlaken, Trachselwald, Murten, Huttwil, Aarburg, Erlach, Aarwangen, Orbe, Grandson, Bipp, Wangen, Büren and Nidau.

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Reverse

Św. Wincenty stojący w lewo, trzymający Ewangelię i pióro; całość w polu. Automatically translated

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: ᐤ SANCTVS ✽ VIN CENEIVS ✽ 1501 ᐤ

Lettering (regular font): ᐤ SANCTVS ✽ VIN CENEIVS ✽ 1501 ᐤ

Comments

(en) Guldiner pattern struck in Gold in a 10 Goldgulden weight.

One of the last appearances of purely Catholic religious iconography in the coinage of a Canton soon to be dominated by Calvin and Zwingli during the struggles of the Reformation.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1501

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