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1 Pfennig - Frederick Francis II
| Issuer | Grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German States) |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Currency | Mark |
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| Reverse lettering | HUNDERT EINE MARK 1 PFENNIG 1872 B SCHEIDE MÜNZE |
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| Mint | Hannover Mint (mint mark B) |
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin struck this coin in the final months before German unification rendered all such state issues obsolete. The 1873 currency reform under the newly proclaimed German Empire replaced the patchwork of territorial coinages with the unified Mark system, making 1872 effectively the last year any independent Mecklenburg copper would be produced. Frederick Francis II had ruled since 1842 and navigated his duchy through the turbulence of 1848 and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, ultimately backing Prussia — a pragmatic alignment that preserved his throne, if not his mint.