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1 Scudo d'Oro - Hercules II
| Issuer | Ferrara, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1534-1559 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ·IN·TE·QVI·SPERAT·NON·CONFVN (Translation: He who trusts in you is not ashamed) |
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| Mintage | 1534 - MB#55 - ND (1534-1539) - MB#56 - ND (1534-1559) - MB#55 - ND (1534-1559) - MB#57 - |
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Hercules II inherited Ferrara at a moment of acute dynastic anxiety — his father Alfonso I had spent decades navigating between French and Imperial ambitions, and the Este grip on their duchy remained contingent on papal goodwill they could never fully secure. The scudo d'oro type issued across his twenty-five year reign corresponds to successive die variants catalogued as MIR 286 through 288, reflecting incremental adjustments to the design rather than any single recoinage event.
Ferrara's gold output in this period was modest by Italian ducal standards. The Este mint never rivaled Venice or Florence in volume, and surviving examples show the uneven fabric characteristic of small-workshop production.