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1 Großer Groschen
| Issuer | City of Brunswick |
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| Year | 1551 |
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| Value | 1 Großer Groschen = 11 Mariengroschen (⅓) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brunswick's civic coinage of the mid-sixteenth century emerged from the city's hard-won status as a largely self-governing imperial city, politically distinct from the surrounding Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The tension between the city and its ducal neighbors was a persistent feature of the period, and the right to strike large-denomination silver reflected real civic autonomy — not a ceremonial gesture.
The Großer Groschen at this module sits at the larger end of contemporary German civic silver, predating the widespread adoption of Taler-standard coinage in Lower Saxony.