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1 Dreier Kipper
| Issuer | Göttingen, City of |
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| Year | 1621 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Roman numeral III centered within an ornate quatrefoil frame composed of curling foliate scrollwork. The date is divided with '16' appearing above the numeral and '21' below, denoting the year 1621. The quatrefoil design with its curvilinear lobes and decorative flourishes at the cusps is characteristic of Kipper-period emergency coinage from Lower Saxon municipal mints. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Göttingen's copper Dreier of 1621 belongs to the inflationary flood of debased small coinage that swept the Holy Roman Empire during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — roughly 1618 to 1623 — when municipal and princely mints raced to strike overvalued currency, spend it into neighboring territories before the fraud was recognized, and pocket the difference. Cities like Göttingen had little choice but to participate; refusing meant absorbing the bad coin of others without issuing any of their own.