1 Schilling - Frederick Francis I

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.