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1 Blaffert
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1300-1399 |
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| Value | 1 Blaffert = 1 Hohlpfennig |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is typical of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan producing an incuse mirror image on the reverse with no deliberate design. |
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| Mintage | ND (1300-1399) |
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The blaffert — sometimes spelled "plaffert" in Low German municipal records — was a small northern German silver denomination that emerged as Hanseatic trade cities needed fractional coinage for local market transactions that larger pfennig issues couldn't efficiently serve. Lübeck's 14th-century municipal finances were deeply entangled with the early Hanseatic League's consolidation, and the city's mint output during this period reflects that pressure: high-volume, low-denomination, utilitarian production for a merchant economy running on velocity rather than prestige.