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1 Ducat - Charles
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1720 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Hessian lion rampant left, depicted in high relief, holding a sword raised in its right paw and an open book in its left, symbolising justice and governance. Above the lion, rays of divine light emanate downward from a Hebrew inscription within a cartouche at the top of the field. The circumferential Latin legend PUBLICA PRAEFERO PRIVATA RELINQVO ('I prefer public welfare, I leave private interests behind') runs along the border, separated by stops, with the date 1720 incorporated within the reverse legend at the base. |
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Hesse-Cassel's ducat production in the early eighteenth century was heavily entangled with the landgraviate's practice of selling soldiers — the Subsidientruppen — to foreign powers, a revenue stream that funded Charles I's court ambitions and kept the mint active through decades when many smaller German states struggled to strike gold at all. The 1720 issue falls squarely within this period of mercenary-financed prosperity.
Fr#1274a distinguishes this from closely related varieties in the Friedrich series; the Schütz reference places it within a tightly documented run where die pairing variations are known.