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⅙ Ducat - Leopold I
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Hungary) |
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| Year | 1673-1698 |
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| Value | ⅙ Ducat (Dukát) (7⁄12) |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOPOLDVS · D · G · R · I · S · (1/6) AV · G · H · B · REX + (Translation: Leopoldus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex - Leopold, by the grace of God Emperor of the Romans, Always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia.) |
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| Mintage | 1673 N-B L-M - - 1674 N-B L-M - - 1679 N B - - 1682 N B - - 1685 N B - - 1686 N B - - 1690 N B - - 1695 N-B P-O - - 1696 N-B P-O - - 1697 N-B P-O - - 1698 N-B I-B - - |
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The fractional ducat denominations struck for Hungary under Leopold I were partly a response to the chronic shortage of small-denomination gold in the kingdom's eastern trade networks, where Ottoman-adjacent commerce demanded flexible specie. The multiple Huszár references reflect genuine die variants across a 25-year span rather than a single continuous issue — collectors routinely conflate them.
Leopold's Hungarian coinage was politically charged throughout this period; the Wesselényi conspiracy of 1671 and the subsequent suspension of the Hungarian constitution cast a long shadow over the Pozsony mint's output well into the 1680s.