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3 Ducats - John Philip of Greiffenclau of Vollraths
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1707 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | SVSCIPE ET PROTEGE |
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John Philip of Greiffenclau zu Vollraths held the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg from 1699 until his death in 1719, a tenure that coincided with the War of the Spanish Succession and its attendant fiscal pressures on the Franconian ecclesiastical territories. Multiple-ducat strikes of this kind were almost never produced for circulation — they functioned as diplomatic gifts, presentation pieces, or rewards distributed within the court, which explains why surviving examples typically show little to no wear regardless of grade.
The Greiffenclau family held deep roots in the Rheingau nobility. Fr#3681 is seldom encountered at auction, and when it does appear, provenance documentation is rarely intact.