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1 Ducat - Gustav Adolf II
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1632 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned quartered arms of Sweden displayed prominently in the center of the field, bearing the three crowns of Sweden and the Folkung lion in alternating quarters, with a small central escutcheon. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by supporters or decorative mantling in the hammered relief style. A Latin peripheral legend reads MONETA NOVA AUREA, declaring this to be a new gold coin of the realm. |
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Gustav Adolf was killed at the Battle of Lützen on November 6, 1632, making any ducat struck that year a coin produced during the final months of his reign — though he almost certainly never handled one. Swedish ducats of this period were primarily struck for diplomatic gift-giving and payment of foreign mercenary officers rather than domestic circulation, which explains the consistently high technical quality found across survivors.
Ahlström 10 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of the type, but attrition among gold issues of the Thirty Years' War period remains steep.