10 Ducats - Ferdinand III Vienna

Ferdinand III issued multiple-ducat pieces not as circulating currency but as presentation gifts — diplomatic tokens, rewards to courtiers, and ceremonial largesse distributed at imperial occasions. The 1655 date places this piece in the final years of his reign; he died in April 1657, and his court was still absorbing the administrative consequences of the Peace of Westphalia, signed just seven years prior.

The Vienna mint's multi-ducat output in this period is documented but never abundant. Herinek 20 specimens appear at auction perhaps once or twice a decade.