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1 Ducat
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1745-1765 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (3.5) |
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| Reverse description | Laureate and armored bust of Holy Roman Emperor Franz I facing right, rendered in high relief with finely engraved detail showing his cuirass with scale ornamentation, gorget, and flowing hair beneath the laurel wreath. The breastplate bears decorative relief work, and the initials I·L·O· appear at the lower truncation, likely referencing the die engraver or mintmaster. The circumscribed Latin legend reads FRANCISC · I · D · G · ROM · IMP · SEMP · AVG ·, identifying the emperor by his titles as Roman Emperor, ever august, by the grace of God. |
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| Reverse lettering | FRANCISC • I • D • G • ROM • IMP • SEMP • AVG • |
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Regensburg's ducat coinage of this period derives its political weight from the city's unique status as the permanent seat of the Reichstag — the Imperial Diet had met there continuously since 1663, making it the closest thing the Holy Roman Empire had to a functioning capital. The city's right to strike gold coinage was inseparable from that institutional prestige.
The .986 fineness standard held by Regensburg tracked the Reichsdukat convention closely, though the city's mint output remained modest against larger imperial mints.