1655 AD., German States, Frankfurt, 1 Albus, Jos. u. F. 479.
German States, Frankfurt, city, 1655 AD.,
1 Albus (ø 18-19 mm / 0,90 g), silver, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: REIPUB : FRANCOFURT , crowned eagle.
Rev.: ALBUS / 16 - 55 , value above cross, date flanking, all within circle, laurel wreath around.
KM 108.1 ; Jos. u. F. 479 .
KM 108.1 with obverse Legend REIPUB: FRANCOFURT
KM 108.2 with obverse Legend REIPVB FRANCOFURT
60 Kreuzer = 30 Albus = 1 Gulden
Frankfurt was one of the most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire. From 855, the German kings and emperors were elected and crowned in Aachen. From 1562, the kings and emperors were crowned in Frankfurt, initiated for Maximilian II. This tradition ended in 1792, when Franz II was elected. Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire, as a site of imperial coronations; it lost its sovereignty upon the collapse of the empire in 1806 and then permanently in 1866, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. It has been part of the federal state of Hesse since 1945.
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