1/2 Schilling - George III Schenk of Limburg

George III Schenk of Limburg held the Bishopric of Bamberg from 1505 until his death in 1522, a tenure marked by his attempts to consolidate ecclesiastical finances amid the fractious politics of the early Reformation period. Small silver fractions like this half-Schilling were the backbone of local market exchange in Franconia, where episcopal mints competed directly with secular neighbors for seigniorage revenue. Bamberg's mint rights, confirmed repeatedly by imperial privilege, were jealously defended.

The Krug reference places this among a tightly documented sub-series of Bamberg halves from this episcopate, with Heller#60 noting minor die variations across the striking window.