GERMAN STATES - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (962-1806) - ARCHBISHOPRIC AND ELECTORATE OF MAINZ (780-1803)
REIGN OF ARCHBISHOP JOHANN PHILIPP, GRAF von SHÖNBORN (SHOENBORN) (1647-1673)
ONE GOLD DUCAT CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 63
OBV: WITHIN INNER CIRCLE PORTRAIT BUST OF JOHANN PHILIP LEFT; ABBREVIATED LEGEND SURROUNDING WITH ROSETTE AT TOP.
REV: CROWNED SHIELD OF ARMS, CROSS ATOP ELECTOR'S CAP DIVIDES MINT OFFICIAL'S INITIALS AND DATE; ABBREVIATED LEGEND SURROUNDING.
KM # 107
JOHANN PHILIPP von SHÖNBORN (1605-1673), WAS THE FIRST IN A LONG LINE OF BISHOPS TO COME FROM THE SHÖNBORN FAMILY. HE BECAME BISHOP OF WÜRZBURG IN 1643, AND IN 1647 BECAME ARCHBISHOP AND ELECTOR OF MAINZ. IN HIS CAPACITY AS ACHBISHOP AND ELECTOR, HE WAS ALSO ARCHCHANCELLOR OF THE EMPIRE, THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL POSITION AFTER THE EMPEROR. THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (1618-1648) HAD BEEN ONE OF THE LONGEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS WESTERN EUROPE HAD EVER SUFFERED, AND IN POST THIRTY YEARS' WAR GERMANY, JOHANN PHILIPP IS NOTED FOR USING HIS POLITICAL POWER WITH AN AIM TO ENSURE AND KEEP THE PEACE.
CONTAINS 3.5 GRAMS OF .986 FINE GOLD
22 MM IN DIAMETER
MINT OFFICIAL MATTHIAS FISCHER (1652-1683)
