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1858, Frankfurt. Bronze "German & French Reformed Communities Centennial" Medal.

Mint Year: 1858 Condition: A nice AU+ References: J.u.F. 1559.  Medallist/Maker: Lauer   Denomination: Medal - 100th anniversary of the German and French reformed communities. Weight: 31.78gm Diameter: 42mm Material: Bronze 

Obverse: Coat of arms being held by two naked babies (allegoric for the newly formed communities), which receive decrete of 1787 from seated and togate female personification of Frankfurt (Franconia as Tyche with turreted crown), which holds a spray in left hand. Another female togate allegoric figure with a book to left. City-view of Frankfurt with St. Bartholomeus' Cathedral in background. Legend: * WILLFAHRUNGS.DECRET.V:15.NOV:1787 * GEDENKFEIER.D:REFORM:GEMEINDEN Translated: ("Concession letter of 15th November 1787. Jubilee of reformed Churches.")

Reverse: Heraldic crowned eagle of Frankfurt (city arms) with two coats with buildings in claws. Maker´s signature (LAUER) at 5 o'clock near rim. Legend: * LETTRE.DE.CONCESSION.DU.15.NOV:1787 * JUBILE.DES.EGLISES.REFORMEES Translated: ("Concession letter of 15th November 1787. Jubilee of reformed Churches.")

After the ill-fated revolution of 1848, Frankfurt was the seat of the first democratically elected German parliament, the Frankfurt Parliament, which met in the Frankfurter Paulskirche (St. Paul's Church) and was opened on 18 May 1848. The institution failed in 1849 when the Prussian king declared that he would not accept "a crown from the gutter". In the year of its existence, the assembly developed a common constitution for a unified Germany, with the Prussian king as its monarch.

Frankfurt lost its independence after the Austro-Prussian War as Prussia in 1866 annexed several smaller states, among them the free city of Frankfurt. The Prussian administration incorporated Frankfurt into its province of Hesse-Nassau. The formerly independent towns of Bornheim and Bockenheim were incorporated in 1890.

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