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1 Ducat - Frederick II
| Issuer | Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1544 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | A flat-topped quartered heraldic shield bearing the four-fold coat of arms of the Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg, centrally placed within a beaded inner circle. The date 1544 appears above the shield in the field, while the Protestant motto legend, referencing the Word of the Lord enduring forever, encircles the design in Latin. |
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| Reverse lettering | VERB DOMI MANET IN ETERN 1544 |
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Frederick II ruled Liegnitz-Brieg during a period of intense confessional upheaval in Silesia — he was among the earliest Silesian dukes to formally embrace Lutheranism, doing so in the 1520s, which put him in direct tension with his Habsburgsuzerain. Ducats of this duchy circulated widely in the regional trade network connecting Silesian mining towns to Bohemia and Poland, often crossing borders that their issuers were politically forbidden to ignore.
The Fusilier-Slodki reference places this among a small documented group of mid-century Liegnitz-Brieg gold issues whose survival rate is substantially lower than contemporary Silesian silver. Frederick died in 1547, making 1544 production a late-reign piece.