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1/2 Grote - Peter Frederick Louis
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
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| Year | 1802-1816 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#150 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is displayed in three bold lines at the center of the field, reading '1 / 2 / GROTE', followed below by the mint abbreviation 'O · L · M ·' (Oldenburg Landes Münze) and the date '1816' at the base. The lettering is rendered in a clean, upright serif style occupying the majority of the reverse field, with no additional decorative elements or border legend. The plain, uncluttered design emphasizes the functional, utilitarian character of this small circulation copper piece. |
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Peter Frederick Louis administered Oldenburg under French suzerainty for much of this issue's production run — Napoleon had reorganized the region repeatedly, annexing it outright into the French Empire in 1811 before its restoration in 1813. Coins struck during the annexation years were effectively issued under a ruler with no functional sovereignty, making the political status of any given piece from this run genuinely ambiguous.
KM#150 is a long-running type, and attribution of individual pieces to specific years within the 1802–1816 window typically requires dated examples.