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1 Ducat - Gustav II Adolphus
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1632-1633 |
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| Composition | Gold (.986) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Augsburg Mint |
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Gustav II Adolphus entered Augsburg in April 1632 after the city — long suppressed under Catholic Imperial occupation — opened its gates to the Swedish army without a fight. The city struck these ducats during his presence and in the months immediately following, a period when Augsburg was effectively functioning as the financial and logistical hub of the Swedish war effort in southern Germany. Gustav himself was killed at Lützen in November 1632, which makes the 1633-dated pieces posthumous civic issues, likely struck to honor obligations or mark continued Swedish alliance rather than royal presence.
Augsburg's mint had centuries of gold-working expertise behind it, and the .986 fineness here is not incidental — it meets the ducat standard that made these coins acceptable across virtually every European market.