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1/4 Stüber - Frederick II Mule
| Issuer | East Frisia |
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| Year | 1746 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | The denomination expressed as '1/4 STÜB' occupies the central field in three lines, with the date 1746 and the mintmaster's initials 'I C G' below, identifying the Aurich mint official. The legend is presented in plain block lettering without ornamental border, consistent with the utilitarian character of small-denomination East Frisian circulation coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/4 STÜB 1746 I C G |
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A mule — paired dies not originally intended for each other — this piece combines dies from the East Frisian 1/4 Stüber coinage during the first years of Prussian administration following Frederick II's acquisition of the territory in 1744. The references diverge slightly in their classification, which itself reflects ongoing uncertainty about whether the pairing was deliberate emergency production or a simple mint error at Aurich.
East Frisia's absorption into Prussia was administratively awkward; existing coining equipment and die stock were retained rather than immediately replaced, creating a transitional window in which hybrid strikings like this one were entirely plausible.