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1 Ducat - Joachim Ernest
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1609-1624 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Full-length armored effigy of Margrave Joachim Ernest standing facing within a beaded inner circle, clad in full plate armor with a plumed helmet resting at his feet. He holds a sword upright in his right hand and a heraldic shield bearing the Brandenburg eagle in his left. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle within the outer beaded border, reading IOACH ERNEST D G MARCH BRAND PR. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Joachim Ernest ruled Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1603 until his death in 1625, navigating the fractious politics of the Holy Roman Empire during the years immediately preceding the Thirty Years' War. His ducats were struck to the Venetian standard — .986 fine gold at 3.49g — which had governed European trade coinage since the late medieval period precisely because merchants trusted it without testing.
The long emission window of 1609–1624 suggests multiple die pairs and likely more than one Münzmeister responsible for production at Schwabach.