1 Ducat - Anselm Casimir Wambolt of Umstadt

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.