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1 Ducat - Charles I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1724-1725 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Landgrave Charles I facing right, with long flowing curly hair falling to the shoulder, rendered in fine relief. The portrait is unadorned and naturalistic in baroque style. The circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, reading CAR D G HASS LAND P H, denoting his title as Landgrave of Hesse. The field is smooth and uncluttered, with a milled border of fine reeds encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately quartered oval coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, featuring multiple heraldic divisions including the lion of Hesse, the crosslet of Thuringia, and additional territorial bearings. The shield is surmounted by a large electoral bonnet-style crown with elaborate acanthus mantling flanking both sides. The entire composition is rendered in fine baroque engraving style, with no surrounding legend. A milled reed border frames the design. |
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Charles I of Hesse-Cassel came to power in 1670 and reigned until 1730, one of the longer-tenured landgraves of the period. His court at Kassel became notably militarized through the practice of Soldatenhandel — the leasing of Hessian troops to foreign powers — which funded both the landgraviate's considerable building projects and its coinage program. The narrow two-year window for this ducat issue, 1724–1725, suggests a specific financial or ceremonial purpose rather than routine mintage.
Hesse-Cassel ducats of this period were struck at Kassel under tight purity standards, the .986 fineness aligning with the conventional Germanic ducat standard that had held since the 16th century.