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2 Schillings - Henry V
| Issuer | Mecklenburg, Principality of |
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| Year | 1524-1525 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned bust of Duke Henry V facing left, depicted with flowing hair and a draped collar, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The two-digit date numerals appear divided at the neck of the portrait. The surrounding Latin legend reads HENRIC•DEI•GRA•DVX•MAGNOP•, identifying the ruler as Heinrich by the Grace of God, Duke of Mecklenburg. The lettering is rendered in a bold Gothic style typical of early sixteenth-century German hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mecklenburg's 2 Schilling pieces of this period fall within the early Schreckenberger-influenced coinage of the northern German territories, struck as the Reformation was fracturing both ecclesiastical and secular monetary authority across the region. Henry V ruled jointly with his brother Albrecht VII, a dynastic arrangement that complicated coin production and accounts for the die variants catalogued under Kunzel 35 and 36 — likely reflecting output from more than one working period or administrative authority within the brief two-year window.