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5 Ducats - Frederick, Albert and Christian Gold pattern strike
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1628-1631 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately engraved achievement of arms comprising a large quartered shield displaying the multiple territorial claims of the Brandenburg-Ansbach Hohenzollerns, including eagles, lions, and scepters among the quarterings, rendered in finely detailed baroque style. The shield is surmounted by a magnificent display of three ornate crested helms with flowing mantling, topped by a imperial-style eagle at center. The entire composition is framed by scrolling acanthus mantling. The circumscribed Latin legend identifying the dynastic territories runs along the outer border in both directions. |
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| Mintage | 1628 - - 1629 - 1629/8 - 1631 - - |
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Brandenburg-Ansbach in the late 1620s was caught squarely in the catastrophe of the Thirty Years' War, with Margrave Christian having to navigate shifting Lutheran alliances while imperial and Swedish forces repeatedly crossed his territory. Pattern strikes of this magnitude — a five-ducat piece in near-pure gold — were almost never intended for circulation. Issues like this served diplomatic or presentation purposes, offered as gifts to princes, generals, or potential allies whose goodwill was worth considerably more than sixteen grams of gold.
The three-name obverse attribution to Frederick, Albert, and Christian reflects the co-regency structure that governed Ansbach during this period, a dynastic arrangement that collapsed when Christian assumed sole control in 1634.