Brunswick's small silver pfennig denominations of the early 1820s were issued under George IV in his capacity as Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a title held by the British crown following the extinction of the local ducal line in 1806. The arrangement was an awkward one — a British king ruling a German duchy by dynastic accident, with coinage struck accordingly at the Clausthal mint.
KM#1101 is among the lower-denomination silver pieces produced in limited quantity before Brunswick's monetary system was progressively absorbed into broader German conventions later in the decade.
Brunswick's small silver pfennig denominations of the early 1820s were issued under George IV in his capacity as Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a title held by the British crown following the extinction of the local ducal line in 1806. The arrangement was an awkward one — a British king ruling a German duchy by dynastic accident, with coinage struck accordingly at the Clausthal mint.
KM#1101 is among the lower-denomination silver pieces produced in limited quantity before Brunswick's monetary system was progressively absorbed into broader German conventions later in the decade.