2 Pfennig

Goslar's authority to strike municipal coinage derived from its status as a Free Imperial City, though by the early eighteenth century that status was increasingly contested — Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel had been pressing territorial claims against the city for decades. Small silver pfennig issues of this type were struck to meet local small-change demand that imperial and territorial coinage consistently failed to satisfy at the lowest denominations. The long date range across nearly three decades suggests periodic restrikes rather than continuous production, likely triggered by coin shortages rather than routine monetary scheduling.