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6 Pfennig - Frederick II
| Issuer | Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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| Year | 1763-1785 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned cursive royal cypher of Duke Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin occupies the central field, composed of an interlaced script 'F' surmounted by a ducal crown rendered with fine beaded detail. The monogram is presented without a surrounding legend, the plain field lending the design a restrained, classical character typical of small German state coinage of the mid-to-late eighteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a five-line inscription in capital Roman letters arranged across the field within a lightly beaded border, reading the denomination and issuing authority. The numeral 'VI' appears prominently at the top, followed by the abbreviated legend identifying the coin as a Courant Pfennig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, with the mint year 1763 at the base. The simple typographic layout, devoid of pictorial devices, is characteristic of utilitarian billon subsidiary coinage of the German states in the eighteenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1763 - - 231,000 1764 - - 674,000 1765 - - 549,000 1766 - - 542,000 1767 - - 294,000 1769 - - 101,000 1775 - - 252,000 1778 - - 230,000 1779 - - 143,000 1780 - - 201,000 1783 - - 154,000 1784 - - 134,000 1785 - - 150,000 |
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