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1 Ducat - William of Vlodrop
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckheim |
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| Year | 1556-1565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The Virgin Mary, nimbed and seated in majesty, holds the Christ Child on her lap; the entire group is supported upon a crescent moon, a compositional device common in Marian iconography of the period. The figures are set within an inner beaded border, with bold drapery rendered in the hammered style. The surrounding field carries the circular Latin legend separated by lozenge-shaped stops, identifying this as the new gold money of Reckheim. The overall design follows the Rhenish ducat tradition prevalent in the mid-sixteenth-century Low Countries. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA ⸰ NOVA ⸰ AVREA ⸰ RECH ⸰ (Translation: New Gold Money of Reckheim) |
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Reckheim was a tiny Imperial lordship on the Maas, elevated to a county only in 1623, and in the mid-sixteenth century its right to strike gold coinage rested on contested Imperial minting privileges that neighboring territories routinely challenged. William of Vlodrop, lord from roughly the 1540s until his death in 1565, exploited those privileges aggressively. These ducats circulated primarily in the lower Rhine-Maas commercial corridor, where their near-fine gold content made them acceptable alongside Burgundian and German issues despite the issuer's negligible political weight.