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1 Mariengroschen - John Christopher of Brambach
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1631-1632 |
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| Value | 1 Mariengroschen (1⁄36) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IOAN. CH. D. G. A(B)(B). COR(B). |
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Corvey's right to mint its own coinage was a recurring point of friction with the surrounding Westphalian nobility, and this issue falls squarely in the middle of the Thirty Years' War — a period when small ecclesiastical mints throughout the Holy Roman Empire were under enormous pressure to produce low-grade billon simply to keep local economies functioning as larger monetary networks collapsed. John Christopher of Brambach served as Prince-Abbot from 1616 to 1638, navigating the abbey through Swedish occupation of the region after 1632.
The shift from 1631 to 1632 in the dating range likely reflects a single dies-straddling issue rather than a two-year production run.