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1 Flitter Kipper
| Issuer | Brunswick, City of |
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| Year | 1620-1622 |
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| Value | 1 Flitter (1⁄648) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Four-line inscription in large bold capital letters within a wreath border, reading '1 / FLIT / TER' followed by the date in the lower line. The lettering is deeply struck and occupies nearly the entire field, with small rosette or star ornaments flanking the numeral '1' at the top. The wreath border, composed of leaves, frames the inscription on all sides, consistent with the style of Brunswick Kipper-period minor coinage. |
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The Kipper und Wipperzeit — roughly 1619 to 1623 — was one of the most destructive currency crises in German history, triggered by territorial princes and city mints systematically debasing coinage to fund the opening campaigns of the Thirty Years' War. Brunswick was among the many issuing authorities producing emergency small change in copper and debased silver during this window. The Flitter was the lowest denomination in this inflationary ecosystem, effectively worthless within years of issue as the crisis collapsed under its own weight.