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1/2 Grote - Paul Frederick August
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
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| Year | 1846 |
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| Weight | 3.19 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the quartered coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, depicting in the first and fourth quarters the traditional Oldenburg arms of two horizontal gold bars on red, and in the second and third quarters the Delmenhorst cross on a field of horizontal lines. The shield is surmounted by a ducal crown with elaborate ornamentation. The circumferential legend HERZOGTHUM OLDENBURG runs along the upper and lateral periphery in raised Latin lettering, enclosed within a continuous beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Paul Frederick August ruled Oldenburg from 1829 until his death in 1853, a reign spent navigating the duchy's complicated relationship with the German Confederation and, later, the revolutionary pressures of 1848. The Grote was a north German petty currency unit with roots stretching back to medieval Bremen, and Oldenburg's retention of it into the mid-nineteenth century reflects the duchy's stubborn monetary conservatism at a time when German states were beginning to rationalize their currency systems ahead of what would eventually become the Thaler conventions.
KM#176 is among the last copper issues of this denomination before Oldenburg's monetary alignment shifted under pressure from neighboring states.