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1 Ducat - Anselm Casimir Wambolt of Umstadt
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1629 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | DVCATVS.NOVVS.AVR.ELECTOR.MOGVNTINAE |
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| Mintage | 1629 |
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Anselm Casimir Wambolt von Umstadt was elected Archbishop of Mainz in 1629, the very year this ducat was struck — almost certainly an accession issue. His tenure opened against the backdrop of the Thirty Years' War at one of its most brutal junctures; imperial and Catholic League forces had just secured the Edict of Restitution, and Mainz was deeply enmeshed in the politics keeping that coalition functional. Wambolt proved a cautious operator, eventually distancing himself from Wallenstein's faction as imperial fortunes shifted.
The archbishopric maintained its own mint rights as an ecclesiastical prince of the Empire. Fr#1644 is genuinely scarce in any condition.