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5 Ducats - Frederick William
| Uitgever | Electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia |
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| Jaar | 1664-1666 |
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| Waarde | 5 Ducats |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Full-length standing effigy of Elector Frederick William I of Brandenburg in elaborate armour, facing slightly to the right, holding a long baton or sceptre in his right hand and resting his left hand on his hip. To his right stands a plumed helmet resting on a draped support or table. The figure is rendered in finely detailed Baroque style with articulated armour plates, gauntlets, and spurred boots. A beaded inner border frames the central design, with the Latin legend disposed around the periphery. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | FRID WILH D G M BR S R I ARC C ET EL |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Frederick William, the "Great Elector," issued multiple-ducat pieces during the 1660s partly as diplomatic currency — high-value gold coins presented as gifts to foreign courts and military officers whose loyalty was worth purchasing. Brandenburg-Prussia was then consolidating its position after the Thirty Years' War had left the region fragmented and largely bankrupt, and conspicuous gold coinage functioned as a political instrument as much as money.
The .986 fineness places this at the extreme upper end of contemporary gold standards, a deliberate signal of fiscal credibility from a state that had only recently built a functioning treasury.