1 Groschen - Maximilian II

Hildesheim's civic coinage of this period emerged from a prolonged struggle between the city and its prince-bishops over municipal autonomy — the city had effectively wrested administrative independence following the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud of 1519, which stripped the bishopric of most of its territorial holdings. By 1573, the city was issuing coin in its own right under imperial authority, with Maximilian II's name lending legitimacy to a mint that the bishop's party never entirely accepted.

MB#27 is among the less frequently encountered die pairings in the Hildesheim civic groschen series for this decade.