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1 Ducat
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1729-1730 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed at center, with wings spread and each head surmounted by a separate crown beneath an overarching imperial crown. The civic arms of Lübeck — a white double-barred cross on a red field — are affixed on an escutcheon to the eagle's breast. Below the eagle, the heraldic shield of the reigning mayor divides the date, with the numeral flanking the escutcheon on either side. The circumferential legend MON. NOV. AUR. CIVIT. IMP. LUB. identifying this as a new gold piece of the Imperial City of Lübeck runs around the periphery, with the full date 1730 incorporated into the reverse field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Lübeck's ducat coinage of this period reflects the city's stubborn insistence on maintaining its own gold issue long after its commercial dominance in the Baltic had been eclipsed by Hamburg and the rising northern powers. By 1729, Lübeck retained its status as a Free Imperial City — one of very few — but its merchant wealth was a fraction of what it had been during the Hanseatic peak. These ducats circulated primarily in trade rather than local commerce, valued by weight against the Reichstaler standard established at Zinna in 1667.
The Fr#1495 designation groups the 1729 and 1730 strikes together, suggesting die continuity across both years.