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2 Pfennige - George V
| Issuer | Hannover, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1852-1856 |
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| Thickness | 1.66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays an ornate interlaced royal cypher composed of the letter 'G' and 'R' (Georgius Rex) in elaborate calligraphic script, surmounted by a detailed royal crown. The numeral 'V' appears below the monogram, denoting George V, King of Hannover. The design is unlettered, relying entirely on the crowned monogram as the identifying device, set within a plain raised border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hannover's copper small change of the 1850s circulated under a king who never set foot in his German kingdom — George V ruled from Hanover city but was effectively managing a state that Prussia was already treating as a future annexation. That annexation came in 1866, when Bismarck dissolved the Kingdom of Hannover entirely following the Austro-Prussian War, abruptly ending a coinage tradition that had run unbroken for centuries. KM#217 pieces that survived into the 1870s would have been demonetized with the introduction of the unified German Reichsmark.