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4 Mariengroschen - George III
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1787-1788 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a standing armored figure of the Wild Man of Brunswick (the Wildemann), facing forward, his right hand resting on a hip and his left hand grasping an uprooted pine tree over his shoulder, set upon a plain ground line. To the right of the figure, the numeral 4 appears in the field, indicating the denomination. The encircling legend reads BR·ET·LVN·DVX·S·R·I·A·TH·E·T·E·L, referencing George III's titles as Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The legend is punctuated by lozenge or pellet stops throughout. The overall composition reflects the established typology of Hanoverian small silver coinage of the late 18th century. |
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Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover was a personal union territory under the British Crown from 1714, and by the 1780s its coinage policy was increasingly shaped by London's fiscal priorities rather than local ones. The 4 Mariengroschen denomination traces its name to the Mariengroschen, a north German silver unit with roots in 15th-century Hanover — the "Marien" reference originating from its original association with a Marian image on earlier types, long since stripped of religious iconography by this period.
Welter 2847 distinguishes this issue across the two-year run with minor die variations.