24 Mariengroschen - Ferdinand Albert II

Ferdinand Albert II ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for less than three years before his death in 1735 — the same year this coin was struck. He had spent decades as a military commander under Habsburg service before finally inheriting the principality in 1732, and his brief reign produced a correspondingly thin coinage. The 24 Mariengroschen denomination was a northern German accounting unit tied to the Reichstaler system, with 36 Mariengroschen equaling one Reichstaler under the Leipzig monetary convention of 1690.