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2 Ducats - Louis VIII
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1760 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt died in 1768, but his coinage appears throughout the mid-eighteenth century as the landgraviate navigated the financial pressures of the Seven Years' War, which ended in 1763. Hesse supplied mercenary troops — Hessian soldiers were among the most commercially contracted in Europe — and gold issues from this period often reflect revenues derived directly from those subsidy treaties with larger powers, particularly Britain and France.
The Schütz reference places this among a tightly documented series. Fr#1219 alignment confirms standard Frankfurt-area die work for the period.