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6 Mariengroschen
| Uitgever | Hildesheim, City of |
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| Jaar | 1667-1696 |
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| Waarde | 6 Mariengroschen (⅙) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field bears the crowned civic arms of the free city of Hildesheim, surmounted by an elaborate ornamental helmet with mantling in the baroque style. The shield displays the characteristic Hildesheim device. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer periphery, separated from the central device by a raised inner border. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Within a raised inner circle, the denomination is expressed in four lines across the field reading VI / MARIEN / GROSCH / 1668, with small rosette or pellet ornaments separating elements. A circular outer legend naming the issuing authority runs between the inner circle and the coin's rim, reading HILDESHEIMISCH STADT GELDT, with a small floral stop dividing the legend. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The city of Hildesheim maintained a peculiar monetary independence throughout the later seventeenth century despite sustained pressure from the Prince-Bishopric that surrounded it on all sides. The 6 Mariengroschen denomination was a practical workhorse of Lower Saxon trade, pegged to a regional reckoning system where the Mariengroschen — literally the "Mary's groschen" — served as the dominant fractional unit across Brunswick, Hildesheim, and their neighbors.
The nearly thirty-year striking window for KM#230 suggests dies were reused extensively, and date varieties across this run show considerable inconsistency in execution — not unusual for a civic mint operating without the resources of a territorial prince.