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1 Ducat - Albert Ernest II
| Issuer | Öttingen |
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| Year | 1683-1731 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1683-1731) |
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Öttingen was a tiny Imperial County in Swabia, fragmented through inheritance disputes into multiple lines by the late seventeenth century. Albert Ernest II ruled Öttingen-Öttingen, the smallest and least prosperous of these divisions, which gave him the legal right to strike coinage under the Holy Roman Empire's minting privileges but almost no economic justification to do so in volume. Ducats from this county were effectively prestige emissions — issued sporadically over decades rather than as working commercial currency.
The 48-year span assigned to this type reflects reuse of dies or minimal updating between issues, not continuous production.