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.
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Großpfennig (1273-1347)

1 Großpfennig = 1 Sterling

Doppelsterling
ND (1356-1361)

Silver • 1.79 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Saur# 1484, Menadier# 86h, N# 119023
Doppelsterling
ND (1361-1393)

Silver • 1.75 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Menadier# 86e, Förschner# 55, N# 108123
Groschen Tournois
ND (1360-1370)

Silver • 2.57 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 91, Krum# 82.1, Förschner# 59-60, N# 266846
Groschen Tournois
ND (1356-1361)

Silver • 3.861 g
Menadier# 85, Krum# 78, N# 312958

Schilling (1373-1504)

​1 Schilling = 1.5 Mariengroschen = 3 Groschen = 3 Sterling = 18 Pfennig = 36 Heller • 1 Goldgulden = 3 Schilling

Heller
ND (1420)

Silver
N# 267526
1 Heller
ND (1489-1490)

Silver
Krum# 119, Menadier# 89, N# 267533
¼ Groschen
1503-1504

Silver
MB# 1, Krum# 99, N# 267327
½ Groschen
ND (1402-1423)

Silver • ⌀ 19 mm
Menadier# 103a, N# 267551
½ Groschen
ND (1410-1430)

Silver • 1.04 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Krum# 91.0, Menadier# 104a, N# 267553
1 Tournosegroschen
1372

Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 86.72, Frey New# 3, N# 267683
1 Tournosegroschen
1373

Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 86.73, Frey New# 4, N# 267685
1 Tournosegroschen
1374

Silver
Levinson# 1-3a, Menadier# 94, Krum# 86.74, N# 87879
Groschen Tournois
1375

Silver • 2.24 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 95, N# 108233
1 Tournosegroschen
1402

Silver
Levinson# I-5a, N# 87880
1 Tournosegroschen
1403

Silver
Levinson# I-6, Saur# 2803, Menadier# 99, N# 87881
1 Tournosegroschen
1404

Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Levinson# I-7, Menadier# 100a, N# 119027
1 Tournosegroschen
1405

Silver • 2.57 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 101, Krum# 88.05, N# 266845
1 Tournosegroschen
1410

Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 90.10, Frey New# 18, N# 267686
1 Groschen
1411

Silver • 1.94 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 101a, Krum# 90.11, Levinson# I-10, N# 108234
1 Groschen (Tournosegroschen)
1412

Silver • 1.65 g
Levinson# 11, Menadier# 114a, N# 113704
1 Tournosegroschen
1413

Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 90.13, Frey New# 21, N# 267687
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
1420

Silver • 1.9 g
Menadier# 117, Krum# 90.20, N# 266894
1 Tournosegroschen
1421

Silver • 2.05 g
Levinson# I-16, Menadier# 118, Krum# 90.21., N# 266855
1 Tournosegroschen
1422

Silver • 1.67 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Levinson# I-17, Menadier# 119, Krum# 90.22., N# 266856
1 Tournosegroschen
1429

Silver • 1.89 g
Krum# 90.29, Menadier# 121, Levinson# I-23, N# 267564
1 Mariengroschen
1491

Silver • 2.70 g • ⌀ 26 mm
Levinson# I-258, Menadier# 125, N# 119034
2 Mariengroschen
1491

Silver • 2.27 g
Krum# 97.91., N# 266849
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

1 Heller
1604

Copper
KM# 1, Krum# 182.04.1, N# 267296
2 Heller
1605

Copper
KM# 4, Krum# 183.05.3, N# 267299
2 Heller
1622-1638

Copper
KM# 14, Krum# 134.38, N# 267529
3 Heller
ND (1604-1605)

Copper
KM# 2, Krum# 185.0, N# 267302
4 Heller
1573

Copper
MB# 17, Krum# 179.73, Menadier# 358, N# 267303
4 Heller
1604-1655

Copper • 1.45 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
KM# 3, N# 140518
4 Heller
1614-1616

Copper
KM# 5, Krum# 189.14, Krum# 189.15, Krum# 189.16, N# 267310
4 Heller
1656-1658

Copper • 1.20 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 30, N# 160775
Available for swap 4 Heller
1670-1759

Copper • 1.65 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 31, KR# 195, N# 25283
4 Heller
1763-1798

Copper • 1.63 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 52, N# 36802
Available for swap 12 Heller
1757-1798

Bronze • 4.4 g • ⌀ 24 mm
KM# 51, N# 3957
6 Heller
1580-1583

Silver • 0.75 g
MB# 22, Menadier# 155, Krum# 113.82.2, N# 186410
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
1 Bausche
1597

Copper
MB# 30, Menadier# 169, Krum# 172.0., N# 266900
1 Marck
1615-1616

Silver
KM# 7, Krum# 125.15, Krum# 126.15, Krum# 126.16, N# 267349
1 Marck (Kipper)
1619-1621

Silver
KM# 10, Krum# 131, N# 266883
1 Marck
1643-1648

Silver
KM# 23, Krum# 156.43.1, Krum# 156.43.5, Krum# 156.48, N# 267371
1 Mark (Bausche)
ND (1657-1705)

Silver • 0.74 g
MB# 31, Krum# 176.0., N# 266876
1 Marck
1707

Silver • 0.75 g
KM# 32, Menadier# 254, Krum# 160, N# 266881

The Numista referees for coins of this issuer are Kettti110, escoins and Compendium.

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