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5 Ducats Wild Men
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1741 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Lucerne (divided blue and white per fess) set on an ornate baroque cartouche, surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is supported by two wild men (woodwoses), each wearing a wreath of foliage about their heads and loins; the dexter supporter holds an upright sword and the sinister supporter holds a palm frond, both figures standing upon a scrolled plinth. A shell ornament appears above the shield and a mascaron decorates the base of the cartouche, all executed in the elaborate baroque style characteristic of eighteenth-century Swiss civic coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DUCATUS REIPUBLICÆ LUCERNEN SIS 1741 IT (Translation: Ducat of the Republic of Lucerne.) |
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