Catalog
1 Ducat - Ferdinand I Klagenfurt
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1555 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Ferdinand I in full armour, holding an orb (globus cruciger) in his right hand and a scepter in his left. The figure stands within a beaded inner circle, with the head, scepter, and feet breaking through the circle into the surrounding legend. The inscription is arranged in the field around the ruler's portrait, reading MON AVRE FERD I NAN D G RO in Latin capital letters. |
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| Mint | Klagenfurt Mint |
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Ferdinand I consolidated Habsburg control over the Austrian hereditary lands following his brother Charles V's abdication negotiations, but his coinage authority over individual duchy mints remained a persistent administrative friction point. Klagenfurt's mint was among the less prolific ducal operations, making 1555 issues genuinely scarce relative to the Vienna and Hall productions that dominate surviving Ferdinand I gold. The .986 fineness conforms precisely to the ducat standard formalized at the 1524 Reichsmünzordnung, which Ferdinand himself helped enforce across his territories.