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1/4 Witten
| Issuer | Parchim, City of |
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| Year | 1389-1400 |
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| Value | 1/4 Witten = 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A cross pattée with flared terminals occupies the central field, composed of four petals or lobes arranged in a quatrefoil-like configuration. At the center of the cross, a small letter 'G' appears within a beaded circle, likely denoting a mint- or issuer-related initial. A beaded border frames the design, with a peripheral legend in uncial characters. |
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Parchim's civic coinage of this period reflects the fragmented monetary reality of late medieval Mecklenburg, where towns issued their own small silver fractions to fill gaps left by territorial coinage. The Witten itself was a north German denomination peculiar to the Hanseatic sphere, and quarter-Witten denominations at this weight represent the smallest practical silver unit most urban inhabitants would have handled for daily market transactions.