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1 Groten - Gerhard VI
| Issuer | Oldenburg, County of |
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| Year | 1440-1482 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1535-1773) |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA NOVA OLDENBORCh (Translation: New coinage of Oldenburg) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gerhard VI ruled Oldenburg through a period of persistent friction with the city of Bremen and shifting alliances across the North Sea coastal territories. The groten was a north German denomination derived from the grossus tradition, and Oldenburg's counts used it as much for political signaling as for commerce — asserting comital monetary authority in a region where episcopal and municipal mints were constant rivals.
The forty-year span of this type reflects either a long-lived die use or reissues under the same nominal type, a common practice among smaller German territorial mints that lacked the volume to justify frequent die changes.