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1 Groschen - John George III
| Issuer | Mansfeld-Eisleben, County of |
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| Year | 1668-1670 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded circle, an imperial orb bearing the denomination numeral '24' in the lower globe, surmounted by a floriated cross with fleurs at each terminal. The date is divided to the left and right of the cross, with the mintmaster's initials 'AB' positioned below in the field. The surrounding circular legend reads: IM·MANSFEL·IOHAN·GEORG·COM. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Mansfeld-Eisleben was a copper-mining county in the Harz foothills, but by the 1660s the mines were exhausted and the county was drowning in debt. John George III ruled a rump territory — the result of decades of partition among Mansfeld heirs — and his small silver issues of this period reflect a jurisdiction minting almost out of habit rather than economic necessity. The county was absorbed into electoral Saxony just years after these groschen were struck.