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1/2 Gros - John of Bavaria 2nd type
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1424-1425 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a quartered shield of Bavaria-Palatinate, tilted slightly and surmounted by a crested helm, itself crowned and adorned with a plume of peacock feathers. The heraldic composition is rendered in the typical late medieval Gothic style associated with hammered coinage. A circular legend in Latin uncial script is contained between an inner and outer beaded or pearled girdle, enclosing the entire device. |
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| Mintage | ND (1424-1425) |
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John of Bavaria's tenure as Count of Luxembourg was itself an accident of dynastic maneuvering — he acquired the county in 1419 through purchase from Elisabeth of Görlitz, who had pawned it to fund personal debts. His coinage reflects the compressed administrative reality of a ruler governing a territory he held more by transaction than by inheritance, with monetary output concentrated into a narrow window before his death in 1425.
The distinction between the first and second types hinges on minor heraldic and lettering variations documented by Weiller — not a redesign, but the kind of incremental die modification that occurred when original punches wore beyond acceptable tolerance.