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1/2 Albus Reinoldialbus
| Issuer | Dortmund, City of |
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| Year | 1450-1500 |
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| Value | 1/2 Albus (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned civic arms of Dortmund — an eagle displayed — set within a decorative trefoil-shaped shield, itself enclosed by a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads MONETA NOVA TREMONIE in Gothic uncial characters, separated by pellet stops, running along the coin's outer border. The overall design is characteristic of late medieval German municipal coinage, struck by hand with typical irregular flan. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Dortmund's municipal coinage of this period reflects the city's status as a Free Imperial City operating largely outside territorial princely control — its mint authority derived directly from the emperor, not from any regional lord. The half-albus denomination filled a specific gap in petty commercial transactions, particularly in the Westphalian grain and textile trades where fractional silver moved constantly. The "Reinoldialbus" designation references St. Reinoldus, Dortmund's patron saint and a figure so central to civic identity that his cult actively shaped the city's monetary iconography across multiple denominations and generations of dies.