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1 Mariengroschen - Frederick Adolphus
| Issuer | County of Lippe |
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| Year | 1711-1715 |
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| Value | 1 Mariengroschen (1⁄36) |
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| Obverse description | A stylized five-petalled rose with a central boss, enclosed within a plain inner circle, occupying the central field. The surrounding legend reads FRID·ADOL·P·C·&·N·D·LIP, presenting the titles of Friedrich Adolf, Count and Noble Lord of Lippe, in Latin script. The legend is separated from the milled border by a flat rim. The overall design is characteristic of early 18th-century German territorial coinage, with the rose serving as the heraldic device of the House of Lippe. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick Adolphus ruled Lippe from 1697 until his death in 1718, a period when the proliferation of small silver groschen denominations across the German states created persistent problems with coin acceptance across territorial borders. The Mariengroschen — named for the Virgin Mary whose image had historically featured on such coins — was a denomination with roots in the Brunswick-Lüneburg coinage tradition, and its adoption by smaller territories like Lippe reflected the fragmented monetary reality of the Holy Roman Empire in the early eighteenth century.