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2 Schillings - John Albert II
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1614-1618 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#20, Kunzel#469 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the large conjoined cipher DS (for Duke of Mecklenburg) in relief, surmounted by a small imperial orb with cross finial. A circular Latin legend reading MECKLENB(URG) or similar runs around the inner circle, all within an irregular hammered flan typical of the period. |
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John Albert II ruled Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1611 until his death in 1636, but the brief window of this issue — 1614 to 1618 — coincides with the duchy's relative fiscal stability before the Thirty Years' War dismantled the region entirely. Mecklenburg would become one of the most devastated territories of that conflict; by the early 1620s, regular silver coinage production was increasingly disrupted by military occupation and the imperial administration imposed by Wallenstein in 1628.
Kunkel 469 is a scarce type with limited die study documentation compared to the broader Mecklenburg series.