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1 Thaler - Frederick V
| Issuer | Baden-Durlach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1624-1625 |
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| Weight | 29.23 g |
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| Obverse description | Half-length armored effigy of Margrave Frederick V facing right, depicted wearing a cuirass and holding a baton or staff to his left. The bust is rendered in a robust early Baroque style typical of German territorial coinage of the early seventeenth century. A beaded or dotted inner circle borders the central field. The portrait is surrounded by a continuous Latin legend reading the ruler's titles and initials. |
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| Reverse description | A complex heraldic achievement displaying the multiple quartered arms of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach, set within an ornate floral or acanthus-scroll cartouche. The date is divided and distributed in the fields around the central shield, with the four numerals separated and placed symmetrically among the design elements. A continuous Latin legend encircling the composition enumerates the additional territorial titles of the issuing margrave. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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