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1/2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1542 |
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| Value | 1 Scherf = 1/2 Pfennig (1⁄1152) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A double-headed imperial eagle displayed within a pointed shield, its wings spread and heads facing outward to either side, rendered in a crude hammered style characteristic of small-denomination coinage of the period. The shield is set within a plain beaded border with no surrounding legend. |
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Lübeck's 1542 copper fractional issue came at a moment when the city was navigating the twin pressures of Reformation-era politics and its declining grip on Baltic trade dominance. The Hanseatic League was beginning its long contraction, and small copper fractions like this served the city's internal market as silver coinage migrated outward to satisfy larger obligations. At 0.36 g, striking consistency was nearly impossible — MB#60 specimens show considerable flan irregularity as a known production characteristic of the type.