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1 Fürstengroschen
| Issuer | Einbeck, City of |
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| Year | 1566 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a double-headed Imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread and heads crowned, referencing the authority of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. A shield or orb is depicted on the eagle's breast. The circumferential legend in Roman capitals reads MAXIMILIAN II D G ROM IMP SEMP AVG, identifying the reigning emperor by name and title. The design adheres to the standard Imperial type mandated for groschen coinage of the period, with the eagle rendered in the vigorous, somewhat crude style characteristic of hammered municipal issues. |
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Einbeck's civic coinage of the sixteenth century reflects the town's determined effort to maintain independent minting rights during a period when territorial princes were systematically absorbing such privileges. The Fürstengroschen denomination itself was a Saxon-originated type that free cities occasionally adopted as a practical means of producing recognizable, widely-accepted silver currency without implying feudal subordination. Einbeck had leveraged its wealth from the medieval brewing trade — it was among the most commercially significant brewing towns in northern Germany — to sustain monetary prerogatives that smaller municipalities had long since surrendered.