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1 Ducat - Louis VIII Jagddukat
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1739-1768 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by an elaborate interlaced cursive cypher composed of the conjoined initials 'ND' (Nassauisch-Darmstadt or Landgrave notation), rendered in high relief with foliate and scrollwork embellishments. The monogram is executed in a highly decorative Baroque style, with curling acanthus-like flourishes emanating from the central junction point. The design fills the entire flan with no surrounding legend, and the coin is bordered by a plain raised rim with a fine reeded edge visible at the periphery. |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a five-line German-language motto inscription in bold, evenly-spaced capital letters reading 'ALLES / IN DER / WELT THUT MAN / VOR DAS / GELD' (meaning 'Everything in the world is done for money'), a well-known aphorism associated with Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt. The lettering is deeply struck in a serif capital style consistent with mid-18th-century German coinage convention. A raised inner rim frames the inscription, and no additional devices or symbols appear in the field. The plain, text-only design lends the piece a distinctly didactic character typical of German hunting ducats of the period. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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