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1 Groschen - Wolfgang George
| Issuer | Stolberg-Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1620-1621 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Wolfgang George ruled Stolberg-Stolberg during one of the most monetarily chaotic periods in German history — the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a currency crisis of 1619–1623 in which dozens of small states debased their coinage aggressively, then clipped and re-exported the better coins of their neighbors. Small county mints like Stolberg were both victims and participants. KM#28 falls squarely within those years, which explains both the proliferation of groschen types from minor rulers and the wildly inconsistent silver content found across surviving examples.