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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4244369, member: 89314&quot;]NUREMBERG&nbsp; Reichsguldiner (60 Kreuzer)&nbsp; 1638</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse is St. Sebaldus, the patron saint of Nuremberg who is interred in St. Sebaldus Church, built between the 1230s and 1275.&nbsp; A missionary and hermit ( in the woodland of Poppenreuth, west of Nuremberg), his origins are obscure, even by the standards of medieval patron saints. One of the earliest legends (ca 1280) claims Sebaldus was a contemporary of Henry III (died 1056) and was of Franconian origin. After a pilgrimage in Italy, he became a preacher at Nuremberg. Another text claims that he was a Frankish nobleman who met Willibald and Winibald in Italy (thus dating his life to the 8th century) and later became a missionary in the in the Sebalder Reichswald. Other legends claim he was either the son of the king of Denmark or a student in Paris who abandoned his French princess wife on their wedding night to go on a pilgrimage to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083481[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1083482[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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