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4 Mark - Charles XI
| Issuer | Duchy of Bremen-Verden |
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| Year | 1668 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1668 |
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Bremen-Verden's existence as a Swedish-administered duchy was itself a product of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, which transferred the former ecclesiastical territories to the Swedish crown as hereditary fiefs. Charles XI, still a minor in 1668, ruled under a regency council following his father Charles X Gustav's death in 1660. Coinage issued in his name from these north German territories served the practical demands of a duchy that operated largely independently from Stockholm in monetary matters, drawing on local silver supplies and Hanseatic commercial networks rather than Swedish mint infrastructure.