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24 Mariengroschen - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg City of Goslar, Countermarked
| Issuer | City of Goslar (countermarked by Bishopric of Salzburg) |
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| Year | 1681 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A four-line inscription occupying the central field records the denomination, origin, and original date of striking (1674), with the mintmaster's initials 'CHS' appearing below the inscription, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A circumferential Latin legend surrounds the inner circle. The oval Salzburg countermark, applied in 1681 and reading '16S81', is impressed into the field, authenticating the coin for circulation within Salzburg's monetary system. |
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Goslar's 24 Mariengroschen issues of this period circulated widely across the fragmented currency zones of the Holy Roman Empire, and Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg — who ruled Salzburg from 1668 until his death in 1687 — had them countermarked as a practical measure to authorize foreign silver for local circulation without striking new coinage. Salzburg's countermarking campaigns of the 1670s and 1680s reflect the archbishopric's chronic shortage of acceptable circulating silver rather than any formal monetary union.
The Zöttl reference places this among a documented series, but encountered examples vary considerably in countermark placement and strike quality — a predictable consequence of applying a hand stamp to already-struck coin.