Coins from the Free imperial City of Aachen
In 1306, Aachen was given Imperial immediacy and declared a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire. Aachen, known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle, played a part in the league which kept the peace between 1351 and 1387 between the Meuse and the Rhine. In 1450 a rebellion led to the acceptance of the guilds to a share in local government. In the 16th century Aachen began declining in importance and prosperity. It was too close to the Kingdom of France frontier to be safe, and too far from the Holy Roman Empire to be convenient as a capital city. In 1562 the Imperial election and Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II took place at Frankfurt, a precedent followed until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The Protestant Reformation brought trouble to Aachen. In 1580 Protestantism got the upper hand; an Imperial ban resulted and was imposed in 1598 by Ernest of Bavaria, archbishop-elector of Cologne. A religious relapse of the city led to a new Imperial ban by Emperor Matthias in 1613, and in 1614 Ambrogio Spinola's Spanish Army forced the recalcitrant city back into the Catholic fold. In 1656 a great fire destroyed 4,000 houses. This calamity completed the ruin started by the Thirty Years' War.
Wikidata: Q2629137
Großpfennig (1273-1347)
1 Großpfennig = 1 Sterling
Groschen Tournois ND (1360-1370)
Silver • 2.57 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 91, Krum# 82.1, Förschner# 59-60, N# 266846
Schilling (1373-1504)
1 Schilling = 1.5 Mariengroschen = 3 Groschen = 3 Sterling = 18 Pfennig = 36 Heller • 1 Goldgulden = 3 Schilling
1 Tournosegroschen 1418
Silver • 2.27 g
Levinson# I-13, Menadier# 125, Krum# 90.18., Förschner# 117, N# 266854
1 Tournosegroschen 1419
Silver • 1.85 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 116, Levinson# I-14, Förschner# 92-9, N# 108734
1 Tournosegroschen 1422
Silver • 1.67 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Levinson# I-17, Menadier# 119, Krum# 90.22., N# 266856
Double Mariengroschen 1492
Silver • 2.27 g
Frey New# 371, Levinson# I-273/R5, Krum# 97.92.1, Saur# 2816, N# 266848
Thaler (1504-1798)
1 Thaler = 32 Mark = 192 Bauschen = 576 Heller • 1 Goldgulden = 1.5 Thaler • 1 Ducat = 2 Thaler
8 Heller 1585-1588
Silver
MB# 24, Krum# 120.85.3, Krum# 120.86.7, Krum# 120.86.4, Krum# 120.86.5, N# 267315
1 Marck (Coronation of Ferdinand I) 1531
Circulating commemorative coin: Coronation of Ferdinand I
Silver • 1.17 g
MB# 2, Krum# 4, Menadier# 5, N# 267343
The Numista referees for coins of this issuer are Kettti110, escoins and Compendium.
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