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1 Ducat - Rudolf II Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1592-1605 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1592 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1593 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1594 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1595 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1597 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1598 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1599 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1600 - Crowned lion mintmark - 1600 (i) - Fleur de lis mintmark - 1601 (j) - Shield mintmark - 1602 (j) - Shield mintmark - 1603 (j) - Shield mintmark - 1604 (j) - Shield mintmark - 1605 (j) - Shield mintmark - |
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Rudolf II moved his imperial court from Vienna to Prague in 1583, transforming the Bohemian capital into the political and intellectual center of the Habsburg world. The Prague mint benefited directly — increased imperial patronage and proximity to power meant ducats of this period were struck for court use, diplomatic gifts, and the emperor's own obsessive collections as much as for commercial exchange. Rudolf was a notably poor administrator but an extraordinary patron, and the coins produced under his reign in Prague reflect the quality demanded by a man who employed Tycho Brahe and kept a cabinet of curiosities that was the envy of every European court.