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6 Mariengroschen - Louis Rudolph
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1731-1737 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A standing wildman (Wilder Mann), the heraldic figure of Brunswick, depicted full-length at center, wearing a crown of leaves and holding an uprooted conifer tree in his right hand while his left hand rests on his hip. The numeral '6' appears in the lower left field, indicating the denomination. The surrounding legend reads 'EX ADVERSO DECVS', a dynastic motto, and the composition is framed by a milled border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Louis Rudolph ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1731 until his death in 1735, making the tail end of this date range — 1736 and 1737 — an attribution problem. He died without male heirs, and the principality passed to the Bevern line before being absorbed into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel under Carl I. Coins bearing his name struck after 1735 were almost certainly continuation issues from existing dies or administrative carryover during the succession settlement.
The Mariengroschen was a north German accounting denomination with roots in the late medieval period, its value fixed at 1/36 of a Thaler in Lower Saxon reckoning.