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1 Ducat - Ludwig
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1516-1521 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1516-1521) |
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Ludwig II ascended the Bohemian throne at age ten in 1516, making him one of the youngest rulers ever to issue coinage in the kingdom's name. His reign ended catastrophically at Mohács in 1526, where the nineteen-year-old king drowned in a marsh while fleeing the Ottoman forces of Suleiman the Magnificent — leaving no heir and effectively ending the Jagiellonian line in Bohemia.
Ducats of this period were struck primarily for trade and diplomatic payments rather than domestic circulation, which accounts for the relatively careful workmanship compared to the silver issues of the same reign.