Presentation Coin (Doppelguldiner) Showing Maximilian I (1459-1519). Culture: Flemish, Antwerp; dies cut in Hall, Austria. Designer: Ulrich Ursentaler (Austrian, Hall, recorded 1508-35, Master of the Mint (Münz-Weister) at Hall in 1535). Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1.9 oz. (53.9 g). Date: minted, 1517; dies cut and dated, 1509.Presentation coins were usually designed by court artists and given by princes as rewards or political gifts, or disseminated as propaganda. This coin was struck to commemorate the coronation of Maximilian I (1459-1519) as Holy Roman Emperor in 1508, reinforcing the emperor's dynastic claims to power through heraldry, inscriptions, and his depiction in full armor astride a fully barded horse, all elements elaborately decorated. The bard is of a type that appears to have been an invention and specialty of one of Maximilian's court armorers, Lorenz Helmschmid (rec. 1467-1515/16) of Augsburg. Its most notable feature is the

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Presentation Coin (Doppelguldiner) Showing Maximilian I (1459-1519). Culture: Flemish, Antwerp; dies cut in Hall, Austria. Designer: Ulrich Ursentaler (Austrian, Hall, recorded 1508-35, Master of the Mint (Münz-Weister) at Hall in 1535). Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1.9 oz. (53.9 g). Date: minted, 1517; dies cut and dated, 1509.Presentation coins were usually designed by court artists and given by princes as rewards or political gifts, or disseminated as propaganda. This coin was struck to commemorate the coronation of Maximilian I (1459-1519) as Holy Roman Emperor in 1508, reinforcing the emperor's dynastic claims to power through heraldry, inscriptions, and his depiction in full armor astride a fully barded horse, all elements elaborately decorated. The bard is of a type that appears to have been an invention and specialty of one of Maximilian's court armorers, Lorenz Helmschmid (rec. 1467-1515/16) of Augsburg. Its most notable feature is the

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