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2 Ducats Trinity Church
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1627 |
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| Value | 2 Ducats |
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| Obverse description | A detailed frontal view of the newly constructed Holy Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche) of Regensburg occupies the central field, rendered with fine architectural detail including a prominent tower with bulbous spire and tiled roof. Above the church, a winged angel in flight holds the shielded city arms of Regensburg. The lower portion of the field features the date in Roman numerals MDCXXVII, separated by ornamental stops, within a beaded inner border. The overall composition commemorates the laying of the foundation stone of the church. |
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| Reverse lettering | *A.1627* *DEN 4 IVL** IST DER ERSTE STEI.Z.KIRCHE.D. .H.DREIF:GELE: WORDEN. *** |
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Regensburg's 1627 ducat issue commemorates the centennial of the city's Trinity Church (Dreieinigkeitskirche), construction of which began in 1627 — a pointed act of Lutheran civic pride at a moment of acute confessional danger. The Thirty Years' War was already nine years old, and Imperial Catholic forces under Tilly had recently devastated Protestant strongholds across the Empire. Regensburg, as a Free Imperial City with a mixed but Lutheran-dominated council, was threading a precarious political needle.
The Fr#2458 reference places this among the rarer Regensburg gold multiples. The KM#57 variant designation suggests at least one die difference from the primary catalogued type, though the precise distinguishing characteristic varies by source.