(sold for $81.0)

1887, Germany, Frankfurt (City). Large Silver Shooting Thaler Medal. Pierced VF+

Engraver: Lauer Mint Year: 1887 State: Frankfurt (City) Mint Place: Nurnberg Region: German States Condition: A well worn VF+ Denomination: Shooting Thaler Medal Reference: Joseph/Fellner 1465, Steulmann 2. R! Weight: 25.81gm (thaler weight!) Diameter: 40mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Anniversary dates of the current (9th) shooting competition between, marksman and city goddess of Frankfurt holding wreath above. Legend: NEUNTES . DEUTSCHES . BUNDS & JUBILAUMSSCHIESSEN * FRANKFURT A/M *

Reverse: Imperial eagle with shield of Prussia, within wreath with shields of past host cities and dates.

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.