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24 Mariengroschen Jérôme Bonaparte
| Issuer | Kingdom of Westphalia |
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| Year | 1810 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HIERONYMUS NAPOLEON 2/3 ST. |
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Jérôme Bonaparte's Kingdom of Westphalia was a Napoleonic construction assembled in 1807 from Prussian, Hessian, and Brunswick territories — handed to Napoleon's youngest brother as a model constitutional monarchy meant to demonstrate that French-style governance could function on German soil. The 24 Mariengroschen denomination was a deliberate retention of the old north German accounting unit, a concession to local commercial habit in a kingdom otherwise aggressively remodeled along French lines.
Westphalia's coinage came to an abrupt halt in 1813 when coalition forces swept through and Jérôme fled, making the entire run a tight six-year window.