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5 Ducats
| Issuer | City of Bern |
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| Year | 1710 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the City of Bern displayed on a heraldic shield, depicting a bear passant on a diagonally divided field, surmounted by a crowned helmet with mantling. The shield is supported on the dexter side by a rampant bear and on the sinister side by a rampant lion, both rendered in high relief in the Baroque style. The ensemble rests upon an ornamental cartouche with scrollwork at the base, and the mint-master's initials DB appear in the lower field flanking the cartouche. The circular Latin legend MONETA REIPVBLICÆ BERNENSIS DB runs around the periphery, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Two draped allegorical figures, rendered in the Baroque manner, flank a rectangular stone tablet bearing the four-line inscription BENEDIC · TVS · SIT · IEHOVA · DEUS in raised letters. Above the tablet, the two figures raise their hands toward a radiant solar glory surmounted by a divine face, from which rays and festoons of laurel descend. A small star appears in the exergue below the tablet's base. The composition is finely engraved and enclosed within a radiating inner border and an outer beaded border, creating a strongly devotional and ceremonial character appropriate to a high-denomination gold issue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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