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1/2 Ducat - Immobilization in the name of Charles V
| Uitgever | Besançon, Free imperial city of |
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| Jaar | 1655 |
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| Samenstelling | Gold (.986) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Full-length frontal effigy of Emperor Charles V, crowned and clad in armour, standing facing right, holding an orb in his left hand and a scepter in his right. The imperial figure is rendered in a stiff, hieratic style characteristic of 16th-century German goldsmith work, set within the field against a plain background. The encircling Latin legend names the emperor and his imperial title. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | CAROLVS ✿ V ✿ IMPERATOR (Translation: Charles V, emperor.) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Besançon occupied a peculiar constitutional position — nominally a Free Imperial City within the Holy Roman Empire, yet geographically encircled by the Franche-Comté, a Spanish Habsburg possession. The city's merchant class clung fiercely to their minting privileges, and when Charles V died in 1558, Besançon made the calculated decision to continue striking coinage in his name indefinitely. This "immobilization" was not sentimentality — it was a legal shield, preserving imperial city status against encroachment by Spanish authorities who would have preferred full absorption.
The practice continued for over a century, making 1655 simply one year among many in a long, deliberate fiction.