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5 Ducats - I József
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1708 |
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| Reference(s) | H#863, Her#11, Fr#500 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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By 1708, Transylvania was a battleground between Habsburg authority and the Rákóczi uprising — the War of Independence that had engulfed Hungary and its principalities since 1703. Joseph I, ruling as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary, issued this multiple ducat from Transylvania as a demonstration of imperial financial control over a region that Francis II Rákóczi was simultaneously claiming. Large gold multiples rarely circulated; they functioned as diplomatic gifts and payment to officers and allies.
Frénch's Fr#500 attribution places this among a recognized family of Habsburg Transylvanian gold, but surviving examples are scarce. The 1708 date falls just three years before the Peace of Szatmár ended the revolt.