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3 Pfennige - George
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| Year | 1832-1847 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination and date are displayed in three horizontal lines across the centre of the plain field: the Roman numeral 'III' at the top, the word 'PFENNIGE' in the middle, and the four-digit date below. Small cross or star ornaments flank the numeral 'III' on either side, with an additional ornament at the base of the field. On dated issues bearing a mintmaster's mark, the initials 'FN' appear in the legend. The design is typographically straightforward, emphasising legibility befitting a low-denomination circulation piece. |
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Mecklenburg-Strelitz was among the smallest and most financially strained of the German states, with a population that never exceeded roughly 100,000 during this period. The grand duchy relied heavily on coinage struck under contract rather than maintaining its own full mint infrastructure, and these copper pfennige circulated in a region where the economy was overwhelmingly agrarian and small-denomination coins saw genuinely hard daily use.
George was the only reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to issue coinage under his own name during the 1832–1847 window, having succeeded his father Charles in 1816.