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1 Dreiling Gold Pattern
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1752 |
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| Value | 1 Dreiling (1⁄192) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination legend I / DREI / LING arranged in three lines across the centre of the field, with the date 1752 below and the mint-master initials JJJ beneath the date. The entire central inscription is enclosed within a wreath of olive or laurel branches tied at the base, with small decorative rosettes or floral ornaments flanking the numeral I at the top. |
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The Dreiling was Lübeck's smallest circulating copper denomination — a three-pfennig piece of negligible face value. Striking one in near-pure gold in 1752 was not a monetary act but a presentation gesture, almost certainly produced for a civic dignitary or as a Kunstkabinett curiosity. Such gold strikings of base-metal types were a persistent habit among the German free cities, used to mark occasions or curry favor without the formality of a true commemorative issue. At 0.89g, the blank alone would have cost more to produce than a roll of the copper originals.