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1 Ducat - Leopold I Rheingolddukat
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1832-1836 |
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| Composition | Gold (.938) |
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| Reverse description | The Baden arms — a diagonally divided shield bearing the traditional red and gold diagonal bars with superimposed bezants — displayed centrally and surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is flanked by two symmetrical olive branches tied at the base, forming a wreath. The circular legend EIN DUCAT AUS RHEINGOLD ZU 22K. 6 G. arcs around the upper periphery, with the year of issue appearing in the lower exergue between two stars, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Baden's Rheingolddukat series was explicitly struck from alluvial gold panned from the Rhine River — a practice with deep regional roots that the Grand Duchy formalized into a prestige coinage. The gold's origin was not incidental; it was the entire point, and contemporary buyers paid a premium over face value to acquire pieces whose material could be traced to local rivers.
Leopold I authorized this issue as part of a broader effort to assert Baden's monetary identity during a period when German states were under increasing pressure toward currency unification. The KM#201 type spans only four years before the series lapsed.