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1 Groschen Matthiasgroschen
| Issuer | Goslar, City of |
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| Year | 1470-1540 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#6, BBK#9a2 |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse lettering | SANCTVS-MATHIAS |
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Goslar's groschen coinage of this period derives its authority from the city's control of the Rammelsberg silver mines — one of the richest ore deposits in medieval Europe, worked continuously for over a thousand years. The mines funded Goslar's status as an imperial free city and made local silver coinage a practical necessity rather than a political gesture. By the early sixteenth century, the Rammelsberg's output was already declining, and the city's minting activity contracted accordingly.