1 Groschen Counterstamped

Göttingen's municipal counterstamping program of the 1670s was a direct response to the flood of debased small silver circulating across Lower Saxony in the aftermath of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency crisis of 1619–1623 that had seen mints across the Holy Roman Empire systematically shave and debase coinage for short-term fiscal gain. Decades later, underweight groschen were still working through circulation. The city applied its own stamp as a guarantee of locally accepted value — essentially vouching for coins it had no hand in striking.

Krusy G 2.30 is among the less frequently encountered varieties of this municipal authentication series.