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4 Schillings - George II
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg |
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| Year | 1736-1738 |
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| Value | 4 Schilling (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination expressed as IIII in Roman numerals above the word SCHILLING, with the date 1738 below, all within a beaded inner circle. The circumferential legend NACH DEM LVBSCHEN FVS (meaning 'according to the Lübeck standard') runs around the periphery, separated by floral or star ornaments, within a toothed outer border. |
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Saxe-Lauenburg had ceased to exist as an independent duchy in 1689, when the line died out with Julius Franz. The territory passed to Hanover, and when George I inherited the British crown in 1714, Saxe-Lauenburg came along as a subordinate possession of the Hanoverian domains. Coins issued under George II in his capacity as Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg are therefore a constitutional curiosity — struck for a duchy that had no ruling house of its own for nearly half a century before these pieces were made.