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24 Mariengroschen - Frederick William
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1814-1815 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the denomination 24 in large numerals at the top, flanked by two rosette ornaments, above the two-line inscription MARIEN / GROSCH. in bold lettering. Below, the date 1815 appears between two cross ornaments, with the mint-master initials F.R. beneath. An inner circular legend reading ET FEINES SILBER frames the lower portion of the central design. The outer circumferential legend D.G. DVX BRVNSVICENS. ET LVNEBVRGENS. runs along the border, completing the ruler's full titulature from the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | D.G.DVX BRVNSVICENS.ET LVNEBVRGENS. * *24* MARIEN GROSCH: *1814* F.R. FEINES SILBER |
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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel had been dissolved as a political entity under Napoleonic reorganization, absorbed into the short-lived Kingdom of Westphalia in 1807. Frederick William — who had famously led his Black Legion on a fighting retreat from Bohemia to the North Sea coast in 1809 rather than submit to French authority — only recovered his duchy after Napoleon's catastrophic Russian campaign collapsed the continental system. These coins were struck in the immediate aftermath, as the duchy reconstituted its administration and reasserted control over its own currency during the chaotic final years of the Napoleonic Wars.
Frederick William died at Quatre Bras in June 1815, two days before Waterloo.