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12 Mariengroschen - Ernest August I
| Issuer | Osnabrück, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1669-1670 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ERNEST. AUGUST. B. Z. . H. Z. B. V. L. |
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| Mintage | 1669 - - 1670 - - |
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Ernest August held the Bishopric of Osnabrück under the terms of the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which established an unusual alternating succession between Catholic and Lutheran bishops — Ernest August, a Protestant, took the see in 1661. The arrangement was politically awkward and administratively complicated, which makes the coinage of his Osnabrück tenure a distinct chapter from his better-documented later output as Duke of Calenberg and, eventually, first Elector of Hanover.
Kennepohl's distinction of the 296b variety likely reflects a reverse die difference from the primary emission.