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12 Dukat - Wolter von Plettenberg Wenden
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1525 |
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| Value | 12 Ducats (3888) |
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| Obverse lettering | MONE · NOVA · MAGRI : LIVON - I : (Translation: Moneta Nova Magistri Livoniae New coin of the Master of Livonia) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wolter von Plettenberg was the greatest military commander the Livonian Order ever produced, having defeated a vastly larger Muscovite army at the Battle of Smolina in 1502 — a victory that secured the Order's eastern frontier for a generation. This 12-dukat piece was struck in 1525, the same year the Teutonic Order in Prussia was secularized under Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach, an event that sent shockwaves through every remaining branch of the crusading orders. Plettenberg refused to follow suit, keeping Livonia Catholic and independent.
Multiple-dukat presentation pieces of this weight were minted as diplomatic gifts rather than circulating currency. The Fed#479 variety distinction matters here — collector documentation of this type remains sparse enough that unrecorded die states still surface.