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1/8 Schilling
| Issuer | Dortmund, City of |
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| Year | 1625-1630 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Displayed eagle with head turned to the left, wings spread and talons visible, depicted within a beaded or toothed border. The figure occupies the central field in a bold, stylised medieval relief characteristic of early seventeenth-century German municipal coinage. The eagle serves as the heraldic emblem of the city of Dortmund. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dortmund's fractional schilling issues of the 1620s were struck during the Thirty Years' War, when the city — nominally a Free Imperial City — was struggling to maintain economic function amid troop movements, occupation threats, and the near-total collapse of regional trade networks. Small silver fractions circulated out of necessity when larger denominations disappeared into hoarding. The Bergh reference places this firmly within the documented municipal coinage, though surviving examples are infrequently encountered, likely reflecting both limited original mintage and heavy attrition in circulation.