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1 Fürstengroschen - Balthasar, Landgraf of Thüringen Sangerhausen
| Issuer | Thuringia, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1396-1401 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Balthasar of Thuringia spent much of his reign entangled in the fratricidal disputes that characterized late Wettin politics, and his minting activity at Sangerhausen reflects a reign defined more by territorial negotiation than administrative stability. The Fürstengroschen type — a heavier grosch-sized issue asserting princely rather than merely civic authority — was a deliberate response to the proliferation of lighter regional groschen flooding Saxon and Thuringian trade routes in the 1390s.
Krug Mei#524 is not frequently encountered outside specialist collections.