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6 Groschen Emergency currency
| Issuer | Magdeburg, City of |
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| Year | 1629 |
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| Value | 6 Groschen (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five-line central inscription arranged horizontally within an inner circle, reading VI / GROSCHEN / MAGDEBVR / STATGELT / 1629, stating the denomination, issuing city, and the term Stadtgeld (city money) with the date. The surrounding circular legend carries the Latin maxim NECESSITAS. LEGEM. NON. HABET. (Necessity knows no law), a phrase commonly employed on German notgeld and siege coinage of the Thirty Years' War period, emphasizing the emergency nature of the issue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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