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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 8170585, member: 89314&quot;]From the sublime to the ridiculous....</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany NÖRDLINGEN&nbsp; Philipp II von Weinsberg, mint right holder (1448-1503) 1/2 Schilling 1502</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this qualifies as a city issue since the obverse has the legend MONETA:NOVA:NORDLING and the city arms (eagle l.) but it is an oddball situation.&nbsp; Emperor Friedrich II acquired Nordlingen in 1215 from the Bishop of Regensburg and an imperial mint operated in the city in the 13th &amp; early 14th century. In 1431 King Sigismund pawned the imperial mint right to his Chancellor, Konrad XIII von Weinsberg. When his son Philipp II died without a male heir in 1503, the mint right was inherited by Eberhard IV von Eppstein- Kõnigstein and on his death in 1535 by the Counts of Stolberg. However, Emperor Karl V abolished the mint right in 1536. The reverse has the title of&nbsp; MAXIMILIANVS_ROMANOR:REX: but also the Weinsberg arms (3 shields).</p><p><br /></p><p>The Maximilian title as King of the Romans is another oddball situation. Maximilian I, son of Emperor Friedrich III, was elected King of the Romans, the traditional title of the elected heir apparent, in 1486. However, when his father died in 1493, the Venetians blocked his travelling to Rome to be crowned by the Pope, the traditional requirement for the adoption of the Imperial title. Eventually in 1508 he was instead proclaimed emperor elect by Pope Julius II at Trent<span style="color: #000000">,</span> thus breaking the coronation tradition.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1427275[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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