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2 Mariengroschen - Ernest August
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1689-1697 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#336 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ernest August's elevation to Elector of Hanover in 1692 — the ninth electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, created largely through his own persistent lobbying and a substantial payment to Emperor Leopold I — transformed Calenberg from a minor dynastic holding into a seat of genuine imperial rank. These small silver pieces circulated through that transition, issued across a reign defined more by political maneuvering than military achievement.
The Mariengroschen denomination was a north German regional standard, its value fixed at 1/36 of a Reichsthaler.