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1 Groschen - Frederick II Havelberg
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1440-1471 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield displaying the arms of Brandenburg: the Hohenzollern sceptre and the Brandenburg eagle in alternating quarters, with a lion passant in the upper right quarter. The shield is surrounded by a beaded inner circle. A Latin legend in uncial characters encircles the design within the outer beaded border, partially legible due to the irregular flan. The overall style is characteristic of late medieval German heraldic coinage, struck on a roughly-cut silver flan. |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the Hohenzollern eagle displayed, wings spread and head turned, within a beaded inner circle. The eagle is rendered in the angular, stylised manner typical of Brandenburg coinage of the mid-fifteenth century. A Latin legend in uncial characters runs around the periphery within a beaded border, partially off-flan on this irregular hammered piece. The reverse corresponds to the Havelberg mint attribution associated with Margrave Frederick II. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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