(sold for $202.0)

1858, Frankfurt (Free City). Silver Thaler Coin. Type with Towers flanking Bust!

Mint Year: 1858 Denomination: Thaler  Mintage: 12,000 pcs.   References: Davenport 648, AKS 7, KM-355. R! Condition: Numerous bag-marks and light edge-digs, otherwise about XF! Material: Silver (.900) Weight: 18.45gm Diameter: 33mm

Obverse: Wreathed female bust right. City arms at chest. Flanked by Eschenheimer tower and St. Bartholomeus' Cathedral. Comment: Engraver´s name (A.V. NORDHEIM) at bust´s base. Legend: FREIE STADT FRANKFURT

Reverse: Heraldic crowned eagle of Frankfurt (City Arms) left. Legend: XXX EIN PFUND FEIN + 1858 + EIN VEREINSTHALER + Edge Legend: STARK IM RECHT ("Strong in Justice!")

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.