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

2 Sterlings
ND (1356-1361)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.79 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Saur# 1484, Menadier# 86h, N# 119023
2 Sterlings
ND (1361-1393)

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

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

Standard circulation coin
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)

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver
Krum# 119, Menadier# 89, N# 267533
¼ Groschen
1496

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.64 g
Menadier# 128, Krum# 99.96.3, N# 368672
¼ Groschen (Piedfort)
1498

Pattern
Silver • 6.24 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Menadier# 129b, Krum# 99.98, N# 368715
¼ Groschen
1503-1504

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

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.04 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Krum# 91.0, Menadier# 104a, N# 267553
1 Groschen Tournois (In the name of Charlemagne)
1372

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 86.72, Frey New# 3, N# 267683
1 Groschen Tournois
1373

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 86.73, Frey New# 4, N# 267685
1 Groschen Tournois
1374

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

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.24 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 95, N# 108233
1 Groschen Tournois
1402

Standard circulation coin
Silver
Levinson# I-5a, N# 87880
1 Groschen Tournois
1403

Standard circulation coin
Silver
Levinson# I-6, Saur# 2803, Menadier# 99, N# 87881
1 Groschen Tournois
1404

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Levinson# I-7, Menadier# 100a, N# 119027
1 Groschen Tournois
1405

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.57 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Menadier# 101, Krum# 88.05, N# 266845
1 Groschen Tournois
1410

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.31 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Krum# 90.10, Frey New# 18, N# 267686

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

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