2 Mariengroschen - George Frederick, John II and Henry Wolrad V

Waldeck's mid-seventeenth century coinage was complicated by persistent joint rule, and this piece reflects exactly that — struck under three counts simultaneously, the county's fragmented governance requiring all ruling lines be acknowledged on a single small silver coin. The Holy Roman Empire's post-Westphalia years saw dozens of minor German territories scrambling to reassert minting rights, and Waldeck was no exception.

KM#138 spans only two years before the joint administration changed composition again.