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1 Ducat - Charles Theodore Silver pattern strike, Reign
| Issuer | City of Mannheim |
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| Year | 1744 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | A five-line Latin inscription in the field, reading HULDIGET / CAR·THEODORO / D·29·APRIL / 1744, commemorating the homage paid to Charles Theodore on 29 April 1744. The inscription is framed above and below by decorative foliate and scroll ornaments. The whole is enclosed within a milled border consistent with the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles Theodore became Elector Palatine in 1743 at seventeen, and Mannheim — his residence city — moved quickly to mark the new reign. This silver pattern of a gold ducat denomination was almost certainly struck for presentation purposes rather than any circulation intent; producing pattern strikes in contrasting metals was standard Rhenish court practice for documenting new coinage proposals to the elector's treasury. The Slg. Memmesheimer reference places it among a documented run of Mannheim presentation pieces, very few of which reached even small distribution.