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1 Krone - George V
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Hannover |
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| Year | 1857-1866 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Georg V of Hannover facing left, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail including short wavy hair and a trimmed moustache. The legend arcs around the upper periphery, reading GEORG V V. G. G. KOENIG V. HANNOVER. The mint mark B appears at the base of the portrait, denoting the Hannover mint. The field is smooth and unadorned, allowing the portrait to dominate the design. |
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| Edge | Lettered: NEC ~*~ |
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Hannover's gold Krone series was tied directly to the Dresden Coinage Convention of 1838, which attempted to standardize currency across the German states. The convention established the Krone as a trade unit, and Hannover — still a separate kingdom under the British crown until 1837, then under its own Hanoverian line — maintained its own mint operations throughout this period precisely to assert that independence.
The series ended abruptly in 1866 when Prussia annexed Hannover following the Austro-Prussian War. The Royal Mint of Hannover was shuttered shortly after, making late-date examples from 1866 notably scarcer than earlier strikes.