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1 Gröschlein - Louis
| Issuer | Montbéliard, County of |
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| Year | 1578 |
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| Value | 1 Gröschlein (1⁄80) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1578 - (15)78 |
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Montbéliard occupied an unusual position in the late sixteenth century — a French-speaking Lutheran enclave held by the Württemberg dynasty, surrounded by Catholic Burgundian and Habsburg territories. Louis of Württemberg, who ruled the county from 1560 to 1593, exploited his minting rights aggressively during this period, producing small silver denominations that circulated alongside both French and Imperial coinage in the region's fractured monetary environment.
The Gröschlein denomination itself reflects the county's dual cultural pull — a German diminutive applied to a coin intended largely for French-speaking markets along the Doubs valley.