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1 Ducat - George II August Harz Ausbeute
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1729 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | GEORG II D G M BR F & H REX F D S AUR HERC |
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The "Ausbeute" designation marks this as a mine-yield ducat — struck directly from silver and gold extracted from the Harz mountain mines under Brunswick-Lüneburg administration, a practice that served both as a demonstration of territorial economic productivity and a gift currency distributed among mining officials and court favorites. George II, simultaneously King of Great Britain, had little direct involvement in Harz mining administration, which fell under the Hanoverian privy council. Production of these yield ducats was tied entirely to extraction output, making annual quantities unpredictable and often minuscule.