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2 Ducats - Ferdinand III
| Issuer | Zwolle, City of |
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| Year | 1655-1662 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length armored figure of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III standing facing right within a beaded inner circle, holding a scepter in his right hand and an orb in his left, wearing a crown. The date is divided on either side of the figure within the inner circle. The surrounding legend reads FERDINAN III D G R I HON BO RE with the year partially incorporated into the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINAN III D G R I HON BO RE 16 56 |
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Zwolle was among the smaller Dutch civic mints operating under the States General's authorization to strike gold ducats, and its output was always modest compared to the great provincial mints at Utrecht or Holland. The city's ducat coinage circulated primarily in the Baltic trade networks, where Dutch gold was accepted by weight rather than face value — a practical reality that explains why so many civic issues from this period show edge nicks and test marks from foreign merchants checking fineness.
The KM#58.1 designation separates this issue from later Zwolle ducat types. Delmonte recorded very few surviving examples attributable to the city's 1655–1662 striking period.