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10 Ducats
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1705-1711 |
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| Value | 10 Ducats |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of the Free City of Regensburg — two crossed keys — set within an elaborate Baroque cartouche flanked by two reclining figural supporters. The cartouche is surmounted by foliate and floral ornaments. A circular legend in Latin reads around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | IOSEPHVS.D.G. / ROM.IMP.SEMP.AVG. |
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Multiple-ducat pieces from Regensburg in this period were almost certainly struck for presentation rather than circulation — ten-ducat strikings at 35 grams were impractical as currency and were produced to commemorate imperial diets, diplomatic occasions, or as gifts from the city council to visiting dignitaries. Regensburg was the permanent seat of the Immerwährender Reichstag from 1663 onward, which gave the city both the occasion and the political incentive to produce prestige coinage well into the early eighteenth century.
The date range 1705–1711 brackets the reign of Joseph I, who died without male heirs in April 1711, triggering the succession crisis that reshaped the Holy Roman Empire.