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1 Ort - George William
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Prussia, State of |
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| Year | 1622-1625 |
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| Weight | 6.5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORG WILHELM V G G M Z BRAND or GEORG WILH D G MARCH BRAND |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Ort denomination — a quarter thaler — proliferated wildly across the German states during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis of roughly 1619–1623 in which mints competed to produce increasingly debased coinage before their neighbors could do the same. Brandenburg-Prussia was no exception. George William's administration was chronically underfunded, and the mint output of these years reflects fiscal desperation more than monetary policy.
KM#86.7 is one of several die varieties attributed to this reign and period, distinguishable by mintmaster marks rather than any substantive design change.