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1⁄24 Thaler - George IV
| Issuer | Brunswick, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1823 |
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| Value | 1⁄24 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1823 |
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Brunswick's fractional thaler coinage of the early 1820s was issued under the authority of George IV as King of Great Britain and simultaneous ruler of Hanover — a personal union that made him nominal sovereign over Brunswick's coinage policy without ever setting foot in the duchy. The billon fineness here reflects a deliberate cost-cutting measure common to German minor states struggling with post-Napoleonic fiscal strain, not a debasement by neglect.
AKS 34 is not a rare attribution, but survivors in unworn condition are genuinely scarce given how aggressively these low-denomination pieces circulated in daily trade.