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10 Mariengroschen - Frederick Ulrich
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1624 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a raised inner circle containing a three-line inscription denoting the denomination: 'X / MARIEN / GROS'. The surrounding circular legend, separated by rosette stops, reads '3 EINE MARK SILBER VON FEIN', indicating the fineness and weight standard of the coin in accordance with contemporary German monetary conventions. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick Ulrich's reign over Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was marked by administrative incompetence and near-constant conflict with the Estates, who repeatedly forced concessions from him. The 1624 date places this coin squarely in the early Thirty Years' War period, when the Lower Saxon Circle was struggling to maintain neutrality — a position it would abandon disastrously at the Battle of Stadtlohn in 1623 and through the subsequent Danish intervention.
The Mariengroschen was the workhorse denomination of the Brunswick monetary system, and issues from this period are complicated by the Kipper und Wipper debasement crisis of 1619–1622, which preceded this strike. By 1624 the currency had been partially reformed, making this a post-debasement stabilization issue.