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1 Kreuzer - Frederick I Gold pattern strike
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five-line central inscription in the field reads DAS / LEOPOLDS- / DENKMAL / 20. SEPT. / 1861, commemorating the unveiling of the Leopold monument on 20 September 1861. A circular legend surrounding the central text reads DIE DANKBARE STADT BADEN ENTHUELLT, with a small six-pointed star ornament at the base. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Pattern strikes for routine circulation denominations like the 1 Kreuzer were occasionally produced in precious metals as presentation pieces for ruling house members or high officials — not for monetary use. Frederick I had assumed full sovereignty over Baden only in 1856 after the regency of his mother, and the early 1860s saw a flurry of such presentation coinage as the young grand duke consolidated his court's ceremonial apparatus. At 7.08 grams in .900 gold, the metal value alone vastly exceeded the face value of a single Kreuzer, making the political theater of the object entirely the point.