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1 Solidus - Friedrich Casimir Kettler Mitau
| Issuer | Courland and Semigallia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1696 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1696 |
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Friedrich Casimir Kettler ruled Courland and Semigallia from 1682 until his death in 1698, and his later years were marked by severe financial strain and increasing Polish-Lithuanian suzerainty over the duchy. The 1696 solidus was struck at Mitau — the ducal capital, now Jelgava in Latvia — during a period when billon coinage of this denomination served primarily as small change in a territory caught between Swedish imperial ambitions and Polish overlordship. Friedrich Casimir died just two years after this piece was struck, leaving no legitimate heir, which triggered a succession crisis that eventually brought Ernst Johann Biron to power decades later.