1 Sechsling Gold Pattern Strike

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.