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⅙ Mariengroschen - Simon Henry
| Issuer | County of Lippe |
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| Year | 1673-1680 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central Imperial Orb surmounted by a cross, enclosing the numeral '6' denoting the denomination of one-sixth Mariengroschen, all within a beaded inner circle. A crowned arch spans the upper portion of the orb in the traditional Holy Roman Empire style. The surrounding circular legend in Latin characters reads LANDT. MVNTZ(E), identifying the piece as a land currency, enclosed within a milled outer border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Simon Henry ruled Lippe from 1666 until his death in 1697, a period when small copper fractions like this were struck largely to address chronic shortages of low-denomination coinage across the fragmented northwest German territories. The Mariengroschen itself was a regional accounting unit with deep roots in Lower Saxony and the surrounding areas, and fractional copper issues of this type circulated far outside their issuing county.