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1 Fürstengroschen - Otto V
| Issuer | Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg, County of |
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| Year | 1567 |
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| Weight | 1.34 g |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg, surmounted by an ornate crown. The escutcheon displays the characteristic chequered and striped divisions associated with the comital house. A circular Latin legend surrounds the shield, reading the abbreviated titles of Count Otto V. The overall style is typical of mid-sixteenth-century German hammered silver coinage, with an irregular flan and bold relief die work. |
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| Reverse description | A double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread and both heads crowned, representing the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Maximilian II. The numeral 17 (or the denomination indicator) appears on the eagle's breast shield. The date 1567 is distributed within the field around the eagle. The surrounding Latin legend references the Emperor by his titles. The composition follows standard imperial-type reverse designs common to German territorial groschen of the period. |
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Otto V ruled the increasingly fragmented County of Schaumburg-Pinneberg during a period when the Groschen denomination was under sustained pressure from the larger Taler and its fractions flooding North German markets. The Fürstengroschen — literally "prince's groschen" — was a regional adaptation asserting comital monetary authority in denominations the Taler economy was quietly rendering obsolete. Holstein-Schaumburg-Pinneberg's minting rights were exercised sporadically, and issues from this county are thinly documented in major collections.
MB#8 places this among the earliest attributable strikes of Otto V's reign.