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1 Schilling - Christian Louis I
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1670-1672 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a fully inscribed field displaying the denomination and issuing territory in five horizontal lines of bold Roman lettering across the coin's face, reading I / SCHIL / LING ME / CKELN / BVRG. Decorative rosette or mintmaster symbols appear above the numeral I at the top and below the final line at the bottom, serving as separators and identifying the mintmaster. |
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| Reverse lettering | I / SCHIL / LING ME / CKELN / BVRG |
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Christian Louis I ruled Mecklenburg-Schwerin during a period of severe financial strain following the Thirty Years' War, which had left the duchy's economy and population devastated for decades afterward. Small silver schillings of this type circulated heavily in a region still rebuilding its trade infrastructure, and surviving examples in any meaningful grade are genuinely scarce.
KM#97 spans only three years of production, bracketed by the duke's reign from 1658 until his death in 1692 — the narrow issue window likely reflecting a recoinage episode rather than continuous minting.