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4 Ducats - Carl XI
| Issuer | Reval, City of |
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| Year | 1668 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Carl XI facing left, with flowing hair adorned by a laurel wreath, occupying the central field. The effigy is rendered in a bold, high-relief style typical of 17th-century Scandinavian gold coinage. A continuous Latin legend encircles the bust along the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Reval — present-day Tallinn — had been under Swedish rule since 1561, and by 1668 the city retained limited but meaningful privileges to strike its own gold coinage under Carl XI's authority. This four-ducat piece reflects that autonomy: a municipal issue from a Baltic port city that Swedish imperial administration had not yet fully absorbed into standardized crown coinage. Carl XI was still a minor in 1668, with the regency government of his mother Hedvig Eleonora effectively ruling. The coin's civic origin matters — Reval's minting rights were curtailed in subsequent decades as Swedish centralization tightened.