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1 Groschen - George Frederick
| Issuer | Prussia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1586-1597 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#17, Saur#2686, Opitz#986 |
| Obverse description | Central bust of Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, facing right in profile. Above the effigy, a shield bearing the Hohenzollern quartered arms is positioned at the top of the field. The peripheral Latin legend incorporating the date is arranged around the bust. The motto inscription reads ·IVSTVS·EX✿FIDE VIVIT✿ (The righteous shall live by faith), interspersed with floral ornaments and the date numerals. |
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| Mintage | 1586 - - 173,181 1587 - - 1589 - - 72,497 1593 - - 16,800 1594 - - 1595 - - 243,873 1596 - - 242,500 1597 - - 125,418 |
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George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach administered Prussia as regent from 1578 following the incapacitation of Duke Albert Frederick, who suffered severe mental illness throughout his adult life. The regency was deeply contested — Poland, as the suzerainty power over ducal Prussia, had to formally sanction the arrangement, and George Frederick's authority remained legally ambiguous for much of the period. These groschen were struck across that entire contested span, their minting authorized under circumstances that were never entirely settled.