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1 Ducat - Charles XI Type XX-XXII
| Issuer | Stockholm Mint |
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| Year | 1677-1695 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of two interlocked royal cyphers, each formed by the letter C in mirror image, crowned by a large royal crown above and flanked by two smaller crowns at left and right, with a fourth smaller crown positioned between the date numerals below. The date appears in two parts flanking the lower central crown, with the mint master's initials AS beneath. The surrounding legend FACTVS EST DOMIN PROTECTOR MEVS (He is made my Lord and my Protector, adapted from Psalm 18) runs along the outer border. A beaded inner border frames the design. |
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| Mintage | 1677 - - 13,879 1678 - - 9,001 1679 - - 16,341 1680 - - 12,567 1681 - - 12,315 1682 - - 2,617 1683 - - 10,913 1684 - - 3,943 1685 - - 11,917 1686 AS - - 6,312 1687 - - 9,473 1688 - - 5,513 1689 - - 3,809 1690 - - 1691 - - 5,897 1692 - - 2,785 1694 - - 3,755 1695 - - 1,683 |
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Charles XI's reign coincided with the Great Reduktion — his systematic reclamation of crown lands from the nobility — which rebuilt Swedish state finances after the catastrophic losses of the Scanian War. The Stockholm Mint's ducat production across this period reflects that fiscal recovery directly; output was erratic in the early years and stabilized only as treasury reserves consolidated through the 1680s.
The .972 fineness held throughout the type's run, consistent with Sweden's adherence to the longstanding ducat standard shared across northern European trade networks. Dies were periodically reworked, generating the type distinctions catalogued as XX through XXII.