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2 Ducats - Charles Shooting Festival in Neisse
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau |
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| Year | 1612 |
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| Value | 2 Ducats (4) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Breslau Mint |
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The Neisse shooting festival — the Karlsschießen — was held under the patronage of the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, one of the most powerful ecclesiastical lords in Silesia. These events were civic and political theatre as much as marksmanship contests, and dedicatory gold pieces were struck as prizes or presentation gifts rather than for circulation. Survival rates are accordingly low; most examples that exist passed through aristocratic collections rather than ordinary hands.
The .986 fineness is characteristic of Silesian ducats of this period, marginally purer than the Venetian standard the denomination originally referenced.