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1 Groschen - Frederick II Havelberg
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1440-1471 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the Hohenzollern eagle displayed, wings spread and head turned, within a beaded inner circle. The eagle is rendered in the angular, stylised manner typical of Brandenburg coinage of the mid-fifteenth century. A Latin legend in uncial characters runs around the periphery within a beaded border, partially off-flan on this irregular hammered piece. The reverse corresponds to the Havelberg mint attribution associated with Margrave Frederick II. |
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Frederick II ruled Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, spending much of his reign in bitter conflict with the Berlin-Cölln twin cities, whose trading privileges he systematically dismantled. The 1442 capitulation he forced upon them — stripping their autonomous council and subordinating municipal governance directly to Hohenzollern authority — marked the decisive end of Berlin's brief experiment with Hanseatic-style civic independence.
The groschen coinage of this period reflects Brandenburg's ongoing effort to rationalize a fragmented regional currency inherited from decades of Hohenzollern partition agreements.