1 Ducat - Friedrich Casimir Kettler Mitau

1 Ducat - Friedrich Casimir Kettler (Mitau) - obverse1 Ducat - Friedrich Casimir Kettler (Mitau) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Livonia)
Duke Frederick Casimir Kettler (Friedrich Kasimir Kettler) (1682-1698)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1689
Value 1 Ducat (4.67)
Currency Thaler (1586-1795)
Composition Gold (.986)
Weight 3.49 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
87667
References Kop# 4076,
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych / Część 1.1. Teksty Poz. 1-7058. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne - Zarząd Główny, Warsaw, Poland.
And 3 more volumes.
Fed# 1045,
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий : Coin Identifier = Coins of the Baltic States of 14th - 18th centuries / Определитель монет. Valgus, Tallin, Estonia.
KM# 10
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Bust facing right surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FRID : CAS : IN : L : CVR : E : SEM : DVX

Translation:
Friedrich Casimir In Livoniae Curlandiae Et Semigalliae Dux
Friedrich Casimir, Duke of Livonia, Courland, and Semigallia

Reverse

Crowned eagle with four-sectioned shield separating date and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MONETA · NO - VA · AVREA
8 - 9

Translation:
Moneta Nova Aurea
New gold coin

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Mitau, modern-day Jelgava, Latvia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1689  (16)89

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