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1 Heller - Frederick V and Louis I
| Issuer | Leuchtenberg, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1463-1487 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#1, Friedl#51a |
| Obverse description | Within a shallow incuse circle set against a flat, irregularly shaped flan, a crowned bust facing left is depicted in low relief, characteristic of late medieval German hammered bracteate-style pfennigs. The crowned figure wears a distinctly shaped crown with projecting elements above the head. The field is plain with no surrounding legend, consistent with minor billon or silver heller coinage of the Leuchtenberg Landgraviate. The striking is typical of the period, with weak areas at the edges due to hand-hammered production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg was a minor imperial territory in the Upper Palatinate whose ruling family spent much of the fifteenth century in a slow financial decline, progressively selling off jurisdictions to the Wittelsbachs to cover debts. The joint attribution to Frederick V and Louis I reflects a co-regency arrangement common among German dynasties managing contested inheritance — both were sons of Frederick IV and ruled concurrently rather than sequentially.
At 0.25 g, this is essentially the smallest denomination the territory produced, likely struck at the Pfreimd mint.