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1 Mariengroschen - August William
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1717-1730 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1499-1814) |
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| Obverse lettering | AW . E.P.H . |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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August William ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1714 until his death in 1731, a reign largely overshadowed by the rising dominance of his Hanoverian cousins — George I had taken the British throne in 1714, pulling dynastic attention firmly northward. The Mariengroschen, a denomination rooted in the silver-rich Harz mining region, had circulated across Lower Saxon territories since the late medieval period, its name derived from the Virgin Mary imagery traditional to the type.
Welter 2411 distinguishes several die variants across this emission's thirteen-year span, a natural consequence of prolonged small-denomination production at the Zellerfeld mint.