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1/4 Ducat - Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1741 |
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| Value | 1/4 Ducat (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Bishop Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein facing right, depicted in ecclesiastical vestments with a clerical collar and mantle. A value mark '1/4' appears in an oval cartouche at the base of the bust. The circular Latin legend runs along the inner beaded border of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1741: ND (1741) |
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Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein served as Prince-Bishop of Olomouc from 1738 until his death in 1745, a tenure shaped almost entirely by the War of the Austrian Succession, which broke out the year before this coin was struck. Silesia — the economic backbone of Habsburg Central Europe — was being carved away by Frederick the Great as this issue left the dies. Quarter ducats of this type circulated in a region acutely aware that the political order underwriting them was under direct military threat.
KM#464 is among the scarcer denominational fractions from the Olomouc bishopric series. At under a gram of near-pure gold, attrition rates were high.