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1 Halbschilling - Maximilian I
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1497 |
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| Value | 1/2 Schilling (3⁄2) |
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| Reverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed facing, with both heads turned to the left and wings fully spread, rendered in the vigorous late-Gothic style characteristic of Maximilian I's coinage. The eagle's feathering is depicted with fine engraved detail on each wing, with talons extended below. A circular legend in Gothic uncial lettering surrounds the eagle within the beaded border, punctuated by cross stops. The composition fills the irregular flan and is typical of hammered silver issues of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maximilian I convened the Reichstag at Worms in 1495 — the same diet that produced the Ewiger Landfriede and launched his sweeping monetary reforms. The Halbschilling belongs to that reorganization effort, an attempt to impose a coherent imperial coinage system over a patchwork of territorial mints that had operated with near-total autonomy for generations. It largely failed; the princes ignored Vienna's standards within years.
Levinson I-368 is a scarce type. Most surviving examples show significant wear, consistent with genuine circulation in south German and Austrian markets before the reforms collapsed.