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1 Groschen - Joachim I and Albert IV
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1498-1512 |
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| Value | 1 Groschen (1⁄21) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattee divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a small heraldic shield of arms in Gothic style, representing the various territorial possessions of the Hohenzollern Margraves of Brandenburg. A continuous Latin uncial legend encircles the entire design within a beaded border, concluding with a date reference rendered in the abbreviated form typical of early sixteenth-century German groschen coinage. The hammered flan produces a slightly uneven surface with characteristic irregularity at the edges. |
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Brandenburg's joint coinage under Joachim I and Albert IV reflects the Hohenzollern practice of fraternal co-rule following the 1499 division of territorial administration — Joachim holding the Kurmark, Albert the Neumark. The arrangement was administratively awkward and politically tense, and the brothers' shared coinage was one of the few expressions of nominal unity during a period when their competing interests created chronic friction within the electorate.
Bahrf. 99b distinguishes this variety from related issues by die details that remain a point of contention among specialists in Brandenburg bracteate and groschen series.