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1 Ducat Silver pattern strike
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1742 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a six-line German inscription occupying the central field, commemorating the second Regensburg Reformation Jubilee, with an additional line in the exergue indicating the date XV. OCT. (15 October). The text is set in bold capital lettering within a plain field, with the word ZUM at the top followed by successive lines reading GEDÆCHTNVS, DES ZWEYTEN, REGENSPVRGISCHEN, REFORMATIONS, and IVBEL IAHRS. The outer border is decorated with a fine milled or reeded edge collar consistent with the pattern's high-quality production. The lettering style employs archaic German orthography and Latin script, typical of early eighteenth-century Protestant commemorative pieces. |
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| Mintage | 1742 |
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Regensburg occupied a peculiar constitutional position within the Holy Roman Empire: as the permanent seat of the Reichstag after 1663, it hosted the empire's perpetual diet while simultaneously exercising its own coinage rights as a free imperial city. Pattern strikes like this one were rarely intended for circulation — they were diplomatic objects, presented to visiting dignitaries or submitted for imperial approval. A silver strike from a ducat die exploits the gold denomination's familiar weight standard while substituting an entirely different metal, a practice that served presentation purposes without the bullion cost.