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1 Ducat - Frederick Charles
| Issuer | Duchy of Württemberg |
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| Year | 1681-1688 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Frederick Charles of Württemberg facing right, wearing a voluminous curled periwig falling to the shoulders and armored cuirass with decorative brooch at the neckline, rendered in high relief in the late Baroque style. The portrait is boldly modelled with finely detailed hair curls and facial features, occupying the majority of the coin's field. A beaded border frames the entire obverse. The Latin legend encircles the effigy, reading FRID CAROL D G DUX WIRT AD, abbreviated from Fridericus Carolus Dei Gratia Dux Württemberg et Teck. |
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| Reverse description | The quartered coat of arms of Württemberg, surmounted by a ducal crown, displayed at center within a wreath of laurel and olive branches tied at the base. The shield displays the arms of Württemberg (three antlers), Teck (diagonal checky), Mömpelgard (fish), and a further quartering, all finely engraved. The date is split across the upper field, with '16' to the left and '88' to the right of center, flanking the motto initials 'D·P·F·' (Dura Placent Fortibus — 'Hard things please the brave'). A beaded border frames the reverse. |
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Frederick Charles ruled Württemberg as a secondary duke under the partition arrangements that fragmented the duchy through much of the seventeenth century, governing Württemberg-Winnental from 1677 until his death in 1698. His gold coinage was struck at a moment when the duchy's finances were strained by the broader devastation of Louis XIV's Rhine campaigns — the French armies burned Württemberg towns systematically during the 1688 invasion, which likely interrupted or curtailed production at the tail end of this issue's striking window.