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1 Ducat - William IX
| Issuer | County of Hanau-Münzenberg |
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| Year | 1768 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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William IX inherited Hanau-Münzenberg in 1760 at age nine, meaning this 1768 ducat was struck while he was still a minor under regency administration. The county was a small but financially sophisticated Protestant territory wedged between Hesse-Kassel and the Frankfurt trade routes, and its ducat coinage was deliberately struck to Dutch weight and fineness standards to circulate credibly in international commerce — particularly the Rhine trade fairs where Hanau goldsmiths were already dominant.
William would later become Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1785 and accumulated one of the largest private fortunes in Europe, partly by hiring out Hessian troops to the British during the American Revolutionary War.