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24 Mariengroschen - George William
| Issuer | County of Leiningen-Westerburg |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORG WILHELM / H.Z.B.V.W |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Leiningen-Westerburg was a fragmented imperial county in the Rhenish Palatinate, and by 1676 its coinage rights were exercised under conditions of near-constant jurisdictional dispute with neighboring territories. The 24 Mariengroschen denomination — equal to two-thirds of a Reichstaler — flourished specifically in northwestern German circulation during the latter half of the 17th century, filling a practical gap left by the shortage of full Taler-weight silver in everyday trade.
George William ruled the Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen line, one of several partition branches that had divided the county's already modest resources across competing heirs since the early 1600s.