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2 Pfennige - William
| Issuer | Brunswick, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1859-1860 |
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| Currency | Vereinsthaler (1857-1871) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination and date are displayed prominently in the centre of the field in three lines: the numeral '2' at the top, followed by PFENNIGE in large bold letters, and the year of issue below. The legend SCHEIDEMÜNZE arcs around the upper periphery, while the fractional equivalent 5 EIN. GROSCHEN curves along the lower periphery, all within a plain border, conveying the coin's token currency status. |
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William, Duke of Brunswick, assumed rule in 1830 only after his brother Charles II was driven out by a popular uprising — Brunswick being one of the few German states where the 1830 revolutionary wave actually toppled its ruler. This copper issue belongs to the last decade of William's reign, struck as the German states were moving toward the monetary unification that would eventually render such small-denomination duchy coinage obsolete. The KM#1155 type had a short production window of just two years before the series was superseded.