Catalog
1 Körtling
| Issuer | Göttingen, City of |
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| Year | 1492 |
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| Value | 1 Körtling (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | A large Gothic capital G occupies the central field, enclosed within a multi-lobed decorative frame of polylobe form. The surrounding field features a circular legend in Gothic lettering, characteristic of late 15th-century German municipal coinage. The overall design is executed in the hammered tradition, with slightly irregular flan edges typical of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Göttingen struck Körtlinge as a local small silver currency during a period when the city maintained considerable autonomous minting rights within the Holy Roman Empire. The denomination was regional to the Lower Saxon monetary system, circulating alongside Mariengroschen and Pfennige in a fragmented currency environment where neighboring authorities often refused each other's coins outright.
Levinson I-279 places this squarely in the late 15th-century municipal issues, a series notable for inconsistent die cutting reflecting the city's reliance on local craftsmen rather than professional imperial die sinkers.