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4 Pfennig - William IV
| Issuer | Hannover, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1835-1837 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Plain field bearing a four-line inscription: the denomination 4 in large numerals at the top, followed by PFENN: (Pfennig), the date 1835, and the mintmark B (Hannover Mint) at the base. The bold, upright lettering is presented in a clean, unadorned typographic style typical of early nineteenth-century German minor coinage. |
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| Mint | Hannover Mint (B) |
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William IV's reign over Hanover was constitutionally turbulent — in 1833 he had granted a liberal constitution under duress, and the Kingdom's political establishment spent the years this coin was struck in active friction with reformist factions. The billon content here reflects a deliberate policy of keeping small change cheap to produce during a period when the treasury was stretched by competing pressures from German monetary union negotiations and domestic unrest.