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1 Ducat - Johann Wenzel
| Issuer | Paar, Counts of |
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| Year | 1771 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Counts of Paar held one of the most unusual privileges in the Habsburg system: a hereditary monopoly on the imperial postal service. This concession, granted in the sixteenth century and confirmed repeatedly by successive emperors, generated enormous revenue and underpinned the family's quasi-sovereign minting rights. Johann Wenzel von Paar served as Postmaster General under Maria Theresa, and this ducat dates to the final years of her reign.
Fr#465a distinguishes this from the related 465 variety — a distinction that matters in a series where total surviving examples across all varieties can be counted without great difficulty.