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1 Mariengroschen - Arnold of Waldois
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1653-1656 |
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| Value | 1 Mariengroschen = 1⁄36 Hanoverian thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the denomination inscription in three lines reading 'I / MARI / GRO', flanked by decorative rosettes and a horizontal rule below. The value is set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend, reading 'D.G. ARNOL. EL. ET. CON. AB. COR.', runs clockwise between the inner beaded circle and the outer plain border, identifying Arnold, elected and confirmed Abbot of Corvey, by the Grace of God. The overall style is characteristic of mid-17th century German ecclesiastical hammered billon coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a crowned frontal figure of the Virgin Mary standing in high relief, wearing a long robe and holding what appears to be the Christ Child before her, consistent with the traditional Mariengroschen type. The figure is set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads 'S. MARIA. MATER. DEI.' with the date split across the lower field, identifying the patron saint as the Holy Mary, Mother of God. The devotional imagery reflects the strong Marian tradition of the Abbey of Corvey. |
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Corvey's right to strike its own coinage was a recurring flashpoint with neighboring territorial powers throughout the seventeenth century, and Arnold of Waldois — serving as Prince-Abbot during one of the more contested periods of post-Westphalian monetary realignment — issued this Mariengroschen under imperial minting privileges the abbey had defended since the Ottonian period. The billon standard here reflects the debasement pressures common to smaller ecclesiastical mints operating in the aftermath of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, when specie quality across the German states had still not fully recovered.