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1 Ducat - Charles XI
| Issuer | Swedish Crown (for Pomerania) |
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| Year | 1691-1694 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of King Charles XI of Sweden facing right, wearing a laurel wreath, with long flowing hair. The effigy is rendered in a bold, high-relief baroque style typical of late 17th-century Swedish coinage. The king's portrait is framed by a beaded inner circle. The Latin legend CAROLVS XI D G REX SVEC arcs around the periphery, identifying the monarch as King of Sweden by the grace of God. |
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| Mintage | 1691 - - 1693 - - 1694 - - |
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Charles XI issued ducats for Swedish Pomerania as a matter of administrative necessity — the province, acquired through the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, required coinage denominated in ways that made sense to local merchants operating within the broader North German commercial economy. Stockholm's own monetary conventions were largely irrelevant on the Pomeranian exchanges. These ducats circulated alongside issues from Brandenburg, Hamburg, and the smaller German states, and were struck to ducat weight standards recognizable across the Baltic trading network.
The 1690s issues coincide with Sweden's mounting fiscal strain following decades of continental garrisoning. Charles XI's domestic reduktion policy — the forced resumption of crown lands from the nobility — was actively restructuring state finances throughout this period.