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1 Ducat - Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1632 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned Madonna seated facing, holding the Christ Child on her left knee, both figures nimbed within a beaded inner circle; the date 16-32 is divided to either side of the central figure. The episcopal arms of Strasbourg appear on a shield in the lower field. The marginal legend runs clockwise within a rope border. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate quartered coat of arms of Bishop Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, surmounted by an ornate open crown; the shield displays the heraldic quarterings of the Habsburg and Strasbourg episcopal dignities, supported by decorative elements. The marginal legend encircles the design within a rope border. |
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Leopold Wilhelm was appointed Bishop of Strasbourg in 1625 at age thirteen — a purely political placement by the Habsburgs to secure the strategically vital see against Protestant encroachment. He never took holy orders and spent most of his adult life as a military commander rather than a cleric. This ducat was struck in 1632, the same year Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden swept through Alsace, temporarily wresting control of much of the region from Habsburg influence. That Leopold Wilhelm's mint continued operating at all that year is notable.
Fr#238 ducats from this issue are genuinely scarce in any condition, reflecting severely disrupted production during the Thirty Years' War.