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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3056527, member: 39&quot;]The term used on the coin, &quot;Reichsfreiheit&quot;, means that a territory in the Holy Roman Empire was not part of a kingdom, principality etc. but only had the emperor as its ruler. That was called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_immediacy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_immediacy" rel="nofollow">Imperial Immediacy</a>. The city of Lübeck had that status between 1226 and 1937. The city&#039;s CoA still reflects that status; many &quot;free cities&quot; used a single or double headed eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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