2 Ducats - Matthias II Prague
Features
| Issuer |
Kingdom of Bohemia
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Matthias II (1611-1619)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1611 |
| Value | 2 Ducats (2 Dukaten) |
| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
| Composition | Gold (.986) |
| Weight | 6.89 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562138 |
| References | Fr# 20 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Coronation of Matthias II as a King of Bohemia
Obverse
A stork fighting with a serpent, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SALVTEM EX INIMICIS NOSTRIS
Unabridged legend: Salutem Ex Inimicis Nostris
Translation: Salvation From Our Enemies.
Reverse
Crown of St Wenceslas, twigs at sides, above a 6-line inscription, within a laureate wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MATTHIAS II.
D. G. HVNG. REX CO
RONAT. IN REG
EM BOHEMIA
AN. 1611. DIE
23. MAY
Unabridged legend: Matthias II Dei Gratia Hungariae Rex Coronatio In Regem Bohemiae Anno 1611 Dies 23 Maius
Translation: Matthias II, by the grace of God, King of Hungary, crowned in the Kingdom of Bohemia on 23 May 1611.
Mint
Prague, Czech RepublicComments
Matthias II was crowned King of Bohemia to supersede Rudolph II who was deemed incompetent to deal with the serious religious and political divisions threatening the Habsburg grip on the kingdom. Upon Matthias' death in 1619, religious and civil strife broke out with the election of the Elector Palatine as Friedrich V, the "Winter King" of Czech nationalists. That monarch was overcome only at great cost.
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Bullion value: USD 953.54
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Actual gold weight: 0.218 oz
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