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2 Schillings - Julius Ernest
| Issuer | Dannenberg, Principality of |
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| Year | 1619 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Large intertwined monogram of the letters D and S occupying the central field, with a small imperial orb positioned above the monogram. The entire device is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by the abbreviated Latin legend of Emperor Matthias in the outer ring, with pellet stops separating the words. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Julius Ernest ruled Dannenberg — one of the fragmented Brunswick-Lüneburg territorial splinters — from 1598 until his death in 1636, governing a principality so small and financially constrained that its coinage output was correspondingly thin. This 2 Schilling piece was struck in the opening year of the Thirty Years' War, a conflict that would devastate the Lower Saxon Circle where Dannenberg sat and eventually extinguish the principality itself; upon Julius Ernest's death without male heirs, Dannenberg was absorbed into Celle.
The Welter 712c attribution with the Bahrf 116b variant notation suggests minor die differences within what was already a limited run.