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1 Schilling - Frederick Francis I
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand duchy of |
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| Year | 1829-1837 |
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| Value | 1 Schilling (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate crowned calligraphic monogram 'FF' (for Friedrich Franz) in the centre of the field, rendered in a flowing cursive script surmounted by a ducal crown. The surrounding legend reads FF V.G.G.GR. HERZOG MECKLENBURG SCHW., with the mint letter A positioned at the base. The overall design is characteristic of early 19th-century German state coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1829 - - 54,261 1830 - - 501,270 1831 - - 528,128 1832 - - 118,722 1833 - - 91,498 1834 - - 117,517 1835 - - 108,766 1836 - - 163,149 1837 - - 81,577 |
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin maintained its own coinage long after most German states had rationalized their monetary systems under Prussian influence, partly due to Frederick Francis I's determined resistance to administrative consolidation from Berlin. The schilling denominations issued through his final years were struck in billon at a fineness that was already considered archaic by contemporary German standards — a practical consequence of the duchy's persistent fiscal conservatism rather than any deliberate monetary policy.
Kunzel's documentation of this type notes die variation across the emission period, unsurprising given the eight-year run and the Schwerin mint's modest production capacity.