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1 Ducat - Louis VIII Jagddukat
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1739-1768 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1568-1805) |
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| Obverse lettering | NB |
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| Mint | Darmstadt Mint |
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The "Jagddukat" — hunting ducat — was a distinct class of German princely coinage struck primarily as gifts for courtiers, hunting companions, and noble guests following the chase. Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt was an obsessive hunter by all contemporary accounts, and his court at Darmstadt organized hunts on a scale that bordered on the ruinous for local game populations and estate finances alike. These pieces circulated less as currency than as wearable commemoratives, often mounted and presented the same day they left the mint.
The long production window across nearly three decades reflects ongoing demand rather than a single issue decision.