2 Ducats - Lothair Francis of Schönborn Peace treaty of Ryswick

The Peace of Ryswick, signed in September 1697, ended the Nine Years' War and temporarily checked Louis XIV's expansionist ambitions in the Rhineland — territory that directly bordered Mainz's ecclesiastical holdings. Lothair Francis von Schönborn, who had been elected Archbishop-Elector of Mainz in 1694, had every political reason to commemorate a settlement that restored some stability to his see after years of French military pressure on the left bank of the Rhine.

The dating presents a curiosity: struck in 1696, before the treaty was actually concluded. This suggests either anticipatory minting during active negotiations, or a cataloging discrepancy worth verifying against die evidence.