Replica - Ducat - Ferdinand III (Morava-Brno) ND

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Ducat brass | Ferdinand III. (1637-1657) Moravia - Brno | coin replica
Material: brass Size: 21 mm
To restore the minting in Brno was even a short time in the year. 1646, when he was appointed Master of the Mint Jan Conrad Richthausen. His departure to Vienna in the year. 1648 was the work of the mint stopped and any further attempts to restore it ended neúspěchem.Poslední Brno mint master Richthausen (1604 Vienna - 1663 Banská Štiavnica) is an interesting figure in European alchemy. This was a highly educated man among other great metallurgist and expert on mining. In Brno Mint worked from 1646 to 1648. He was then successively appointed to the office of Master of the Mint in Vienna, Prague and Graz, and later promoted to Baron. He then became the supreme master of the mint of the Habsburg hereditary lands. Unlike most famous alchemists, he rose to considerable asset and died relatively wealthy. Richthausen as an alchemist famous for the successful implementation of the transmutation of base metal into gold weighing 300 ducats (over 1 kg). It happened at the Prague Castle on 15 January 1648 by the presence of Emperor Ferdinand III. For this alchemical gold medal was later excavated, which confirmed the incident.