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1 Ducat - Charles III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1735 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The radiant, crowned, and glorified Madonna standing without a mandorla, holding a scepter in her right hand, with the Christ Child seated on her left arm; both figures rest upon a crescent moon. A crowned twofold Hungarian coat of arms (divided shield) appears below. The date 1735 is incorporated at the end of the circular legend. |
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Charles III of Hungary was simultaneously Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, and the political anxiety of his reign shaped his coinage decisions directly. With no male heir, he spent decades securing acceptance of the Pragmatic Sanction — the document that would allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit — and Hungarian nobles extracted significant concessions in exchange for their support. The ducats struck in his name reflect a reign defined more by dynastic maneuvering than military triumph.
Hungarian ducats of this period were struck at Kremnitz, one of the oldest and most productive gold mints in Europe, drawing on ore from the Carpathian mining districts that had supplied the Habsburg treasury for centuries. Charles died in October 1740, just five years after this piece was struck.