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1 Sechsling Gold Pattern Strike
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1665-1669 |
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| Value | 1 Sechsling (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse description | Central field featuring the arms of Lübeck — a double-barred cross — set within a beaded inner circle. The cross motif is rendered in relief characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, reading MONE NO 96 LVBE 1665, denoting the monetary denomination, city name, and date. The coin's periphery is defined by a beaded border, consistent with the small module and irregular flan typical of this gold pattern strike. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying a crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, its two heads surmounted by a single imperial crown, rendered in the bold relief typical of hammered gold patterns of the mid-seventeenth century. The eagle occupies the majority of the inner circle, which is defined by a beaded border. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads CIVITAT IMPERIA, affirming Lübeck's status as an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. The irregular flan and characteristic surface texture confirm the hammered production technique. |
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Lübeck's decision to produce gold pattern strikes of the Sechsling — a denomination that circulated exclusively in copper — was almost certainly driven by presentation purposes, likely as Schaumünzen or gifts to civic officials and visiting dignitaries rather than any genuine proposal to introduce gold fractional coinage. The city's monetary autonomy as a Free Imperial City made such experiments legally permissible, if commercially absurd.
The Behr reference places this among a small cluster of Lübeck patterns from the same window, none of which advanced to circulation. At 0.76 g, the gold content would have been worth a multiple of the denomination's face value.