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1 Ducat Silver pattern strike, Peace of Nijmegen
| Issuer | Strasbourg, City of |
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| Year | 1679 |
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| Reference(s) | E&L#604 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Peace of Nijmegen, concluded in a series of treaties between 1678 and 1679, ended the Franco-Dutch War and represented a high-water mark of Louis XIV's diplomatic power — France gained Franche-Comté and a string of Flemish towns. Strasbourg's civic authorities marked the occasion with this pattern strike, though the city's own independence was short-lived: Louis annexed Strasbourg outright in September 1681, just two years after this piece was struck.
As a silver pattern of a ducat denomination, it occupies an odd technical category — ducats were a gold standard, and striking the type in silver suggests a presentation or trial purpose rather than any circulating intent.