1 Mariengroschen

Hildesheim's civic coinage of this period emerged from a prolonged constitutional struggle between the city council and the prince-bishops who nominally controlled the surrounding territory. The city had secured a degree of monetary independence, and these small silver issues reflect that assertion of municipal authority during a particularly fractious decade that included the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud of 1519–1523, the aftermath of which reshaped property and power in Lower Saxony for generations.

The Mariengroschen denomination itself was a north German regional standard, and Hildesheim's civic issues of this run are documented across three die variants in Buck-Bahrfeldt — the 43c classification placing this among the later strikes of the series.