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1 Ducat - Frederick Francis I
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand duchy of |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Weight | 3.47 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Grand Duke Frederick Francis I facing left, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail of his hair and short sideburns. The circular legend around the periphery reads FRIEDR FRANZ V G G GR HERZOG V MECKLENBURG SCHW, separated by a plain inner field. The portrait is unadorned, conveying a classical early 19th-century Germanic style. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick Francis I ruled Mecklenburg-Schwerin for an extraordinary 56 years, dying in 1837 at age 84 — making late issues like this one products of a reign that stretched back to the Napoleonic reorganization of the German states. The ducat denomination itself was an anachronism by 1830, minted more for presentation and trade purposes than domestic circulation, as the German states had been gravitating toward standardized thaler-based coinage for decades.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin's gold output was never prolific, and ducats of this reign survive in small numbers across all dates.