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10 Ducats - Johann Christian a Johann Seyfried
| Issuer | Krummau, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1652 |
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| Value | 10 Ducats (20) |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate crowned coat of arms of the Eggenberg family displayed in the central field, comprising multiple quartered escutcheons with heraldic charges including roses and other devices, surmounted by a large ornate crown. A circular Latin legend surrounds the armorial composition between two beaded borders, citing the ducal title of Krummau. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Johann Christian and Johann Seyfried were co-ruling princes of the Eggenberg dynasty, which had acquired Krummau (Český Krumlov) in 1622 after the Habsburgs redistributed Bohemian noble estates following the Battle of White Mountain. A ten-ducat piece in high-purity gold from a minor Bohemian duchy in 1652 was not a circulation coin — it was a presentation piece, almost certainly struck as a diplomatic gift or personal largesse during a period when the Eggenbergs were consolidating their influence at the imperial court in Vienna.
KM#35 is among the weightiest issues attributed to this mint, and Krummau itself produced coinage for only a short window during the brothers' joint rule.