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1 Pfenning - George II Gold pattern strike
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1732 |
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| Weight | 3.45 g |
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| Obverse description | The wildman (Wilder Mann), the traditional heraldic figure of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, stands facing in the field, his body covered in foliage, his right hand resting on his hip and his left hand grasping an uprooted tree serving as a staff. The figure stands on a ground line above the engraver's initials I·A·B· in a recessed cartouche at the base. The coin is bordered by a reeded or milled inner rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Pattern strikes in gold at this denomination are bureaucratic curiosities — produced not for circulation but almost certainly as presentation pieces for court distribution or to accompany formal documentation of a new coinage proposal. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover maintained a notably active mint administration in the 1730s, and George II, simultaneously King of Great Britain, took sufficient interest in his Hanoverian territories to authorize such productions despite spending most of his reign in London. The KM#Pn7 designation reflects how thinly documented this piece remains in the primary literature.