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2 Mariengroschen - Ernest August
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1692-1693 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is displayed in four lines across the central field: the Roman numeral II at the top, followed by MARIEN, GROS:, and the mint initials H·B· at the base, denoting the Hanover mint master. A circular German-language legend surrounds the central inscription, attesting to the silver fineness of the coin. The layout is bold and utilitarian, consistent with the small-denomination silver coinage of the Brunswick-Lüneburg territories in the 1690s. |
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Ernest August secured the electorate of Hanover in 1692 through a combination of political maneuvering and substantial financial support to Emperor Leopold I during the Nine Years' War — the new electoral dignity required coinage to match. This issue belongs to the transitional moment between Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg as a secondary German duchy and its elevation to a first-rank imperial electorate, giving even minor denominations from these two years an administrative significance that later Hanoverian issues lack.