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1 Ducat
| Issuer | Frankfurt, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1649-1666 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed at center, with head turned to the right, surmounted by a crown. The eagle's wings are spread and detailed with fine feather engraving, and its talons clutch orb and scepter. A circular Latin legend surrounds the device along the periphery, with the date appearing in the lower field among decorative scrollwork. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOMEN DOMINI FORTISSIMA |
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Frankfurt struck ducats continuously as a Free Imperial City exercising its mint rights under the Holy Roman Empire, and the years covered by this issue span the immediate aftermath of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — the settlement that ended the Thirty Years' War and left the Empire's monetary system fractured across hundreds of issuing authorities. Frankfurt's commercial dominance as a trade fair city meant its coinage circulated well beyond the city's own boundaries, accepted by merchants who trusted the .986 fineness over the issuing authority behind it.
Fr#976 distinguishes this as a variety within a longer Frankfurt ducat sequence. The Franckfurter Messen — the biannual trade fairs — drove consistent demand for high-purity gold coin through the mid-seventeenth century.