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1 Ducat - Carl XI
| Issuer | Narva, City of |
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| Year | 1671 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | MON : AVR : CIVI : NARVÆ · 1671 · LN (Translation: Moneta Aurea Civitatis Narva Gold coin of the city of Narva) |
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| Mintage | 1671 LN |
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Narva's right to strike its own coinage was a direct consequence of Swedish imperial policy: after Sweden seized the city from Russia in 1581, successive Swedish monarchs granted Narva municipal minting privileges as both an economic concession and a signal of the city's elevated status within the empire. By Carl XI's reign the mint was operating on a narrow mandate, and gold ducats of this type were struck in very limited quantities — primarily for presentation and trade purposes rather than everyday commerce.
The 1671 issue falls early in Carl XI's personal rule, before his sweeping reduktion policies reshaped Swedish fiscal administration across the Baltic provinces.