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9 Ducats Reichstag
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1641 |
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| Value | 9 Ducats (31.5) |
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| Obverse description | A five-line Latin inscription within a laurel wreath occupies the central field, surmounted by a crowned imperial double-headed eagle. A decorative pedestal appears at the base, flanked by six small crowned heraldic shields arranged in two vertical columns on either side, representing the arms of the imperial electors. |
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| Reverse description | The laureate and draped bust of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III faces right within an elaborate crowned decorative cartouche frame. The arms of the Free City of Regensburg are displayed at the base of the frame. The encircling Latin legend identifies the emperor by name and title. |
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The 1641 Regensburg Reichstag was a pivotal imperial assembly convened by Ferdinand III while the Thirty Years' War ground toward its exhausted conclusion — negotiations that would eventually produce the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Multiple-ducat presentation pieces of this type were struck not for circulation but as diplomatic gifts and honoraria distributed to attending princes, envoys, and imperial officials. The Free City's mint had both the standing and the occasion to produce such a piece.
KM#124 is a genuinely rare type; nine-ducat strikes from this Reichstag assembly survive in very small numbers across major institutional collections.