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2 Mariengroschen - George Frederick Henry
| Issuer | Waldeck-Pyrmont, Principality of |
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| Year | 1820-1825 |
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| Value | 2 Mariengroschen (1⁄18) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned princely coat of arms of Waldeck-Pyrmont displayed within an elaborate draped mantle, the shield divided per pale with the dexter side bearing a star and the sinister bearing a patriarchal cross. The mantle is gathered and tied at the sides, surmounted by a princely crown with cross finial. No surrounding legend; the design occupies the full field. |
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| Reverse description | Four-line denomination inscription in large bold roman lettering reading '2 / MARIEN / GROSCH.' centred in the field, flanked above the numeral '2' by two decorative lozenge ornaments. The date '1823.' appears on the third line below the denomination, with the mintmaster's initials 'F.W.' in the exergue. A fine milled border runs along the outer rim. |
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Waldeck-Pyrmont's coinage of the early 1820s reflects the principality's awkward position in post-Napoleonic Germany — too small to assert monetary independence, too proud to abandon its own issues entirely. George Frederick Henry ruled one of the smallest sovereign states in the German Confederation, with a population that never exceeded 60,000 during his reign. The Mariengroschen denomination itself was a holdover from the old North German accounting system, increasingly obsolete as the states around Waldeck moved toward standardized thaler-based coinage.
The .375 fine billon composition was dictated more by economic necessity than convention.