Catalog
1 Groschen
| Issuer | Göttingen, City of |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central 'G' counterstamp of the City of Göttingen, composed of three interlocking rings, applied over the host coin's original obverse design. The counterstamp is struck within a circular depression in the field. Remnants of the underlying host coin's legend and design elements are visible surrounding the counterstamp in the outer field. |
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Göttingen maintained the right to strike its own municipal coinage well into the early modern period, a privilege jealously guarded by the city council against the encroachments of the Welf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The Groschen was the backbone of north German commercial exchange, and Göttingen's issues circulated widely through the Hanseatic trade network despite the city never holding full Hanseatic membership.
Kruse's reference G 2.19 places this piece within a closely sequenced die study — the numbering suggests a relatively precise attribution within a small group of related municipal issues.