2 Ducats - Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn ruled the Bishopric of Olomouc for over two decades during the most intensive phase of re-Catholicization in Moravia, wielding both ecclesiastical and considerable secular authority in a region still recovering from the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Gold ducats from episcopal mints of this period were instruments of prestige as much as exchange — issued in limited quantities to mark the bishop's sovereign minting rights and circulated primarily among the nobility and merchant elite rather than in everyday commerce.

The 21-year span of this type makes attribution to specific years difficult without die study; most examples lack a full legible date.