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2 Ducats - Charles Kaspar of the Leyen Death
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Reference(s) | Schr#593 a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | NATVS 18 X BR 1618 ELECTVS COAD IVTOR 11 IVL 1650 INAVGVRATVS 12 MART 1652 DEO CÆSARI IMPERIO AC PATRIÆ DE VOTISSIMVS OBVT 1 IVN 1676 |
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Charles Kaspar von der Leyen served as Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1652 until his death in 1676, navigating the electorate through the difficult aftermath of the Thirty Years' War. Memorial or "death ducats" of this type were struck not for circulation but as formal presentations — distributed to cathedral chapter members, court officials, and allied dynastic houses as diplomatic tokens of mourning. Surviving examples are rare precisely because they were hoarded as keepsakes rather than worn down in trade, yet attrition through melting and loss over three and a half centuries has kept populations thin.