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1 Ducat - Károly Batthyány
| Issuer | Batthyány, Counts of |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Conventionsthaler (1763-1806) |
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| Reverse description | Central oval shield bearing the Batthyány coat of arms, surmounted by a princely crown topped with a cross. The shield is supported on either side by rearing griffins or winged lion supporters, each bearing a flag. The composition is elaborately baroque, with foliate mantling framing the lower portion of the escutcheon. The date 1764 and the family motto appear as a legend encircling the design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Batthyány were one of the great magnate families of the Hungarian Kingdom, and their right to strike gold ducats derived from privileges granted to certain Hungarian noble houses that persisted well into the eighteenth century — an anachronism even by contemporary standards. Károly Batthyány, field marshal under Maria Theresa and one of the most politically connected aristocrats of mid-Habsburg Hungary, held this minting right at a moment when Vienna was systematically dismantling such feudal coinage privileges across the empire.
The 1764 date places this issue in the final years before such baronial coinages were effectively suppressed by Josephine-era centralization reforms. Very few Hungarian noble mints were still active by this point.