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1 Mariengulden - Frederick Ulrich
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1623-1624 |
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| Weight | 12.82 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the interlaced cypher of Duke Frederick Ulrich, formed by the conjoined initials F and U beneath an elaborate princely crown with floral finials. The monogram is rendered in bold relief within a plain inner circle. The peripheral legend in Latin reads DEO ET PATRIAE (To God and the Fatherland) with the date 1624, separated by rosette stops, running clockwise around the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | .DEO*ET*PATRIÆ.AO1624: |
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Frederick Ulrich's reign over Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was administratively chaotic almost from the start — his court factions, disputed authority, and the grinding pressure of the Thirty Years' War all converged during precisely the years this coin was struck. The Mariengulden emerged from the so-called Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis of 1619–1623 that saw dozens of German mints flooding circulation with debased coinage. This piece, struck in honest silver, belongs to the corrective phase that followed.
Frederick Ulrich died in 1634 without a legitimate heir, extinguishing the Wolfenbüttel line and triggering a succession dispute that reshaped Brunswick's political geography for decades.