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1 Groten - Peter Frederick Louis
| Issuer | Duchy of Oldenburg |
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| Year | 1792 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the quartered arms of Oldenburg, displaying alternating fields of horizontal lines and a cross, set within an ornate wrought shield. The shield is flanked by laurel branches and surmounted by a royal crown with cross finial. The encircling legend is divided by the shield and reads partially to the left and right of the device, with dot-separated abbreviations referring to the denomination and issuing authority. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Peter Frederick Louis governed Oldenburg as administrator from 1785 and later as duke, navigating the duchy through the turbulent decades of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars — including a period of direct French annexation between 1810 and 1813. This 1792 issue predates that occupation by nearly two decades, placing it among the last coins struck under relatively stable Oldenburg rule before the duchy was absorbed into Napoleon's continental system and its mint operations effectively suspended.