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1/2 Bausche - William III
| Issuer | Jülich-Berg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1482 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold Gothic cross divides the field into four quarters, with the four numerals of the date 1-4-8-2 placed individually in each angle. The outer legend MONETA NOVA MOLHEM identifies this as a new coinage of Mülheim. The entire design is circumscribed by a beaded border, characteristic of late-fifteenth-century hammered coinage of the lower Rhineland. |
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The Bausche — a regional pfennig-type struck in the Lower Rhenish duchies — takes its name from an old German word for a small bundle or lump, reflecting the rough fabric of petty coinage circulating in the Rhine corridor during the late fifteenth century. William III ruled Jülich-Berg jointly with Berg from 1475 until his death in 1511, and his administration produced a notably documented series of small silver issues catalogued by Noss. The half-denomination is the scarcer of the two, with surviving examples typically showing the flat, uneven flan characteristic of this denomination class.