The Bishopric of Bamberg held the right to strike coin under imperial grant, and small silver pfennigs of this type circulated primarily in Franconian markets during the mid-fifteenth century, when fragmented coinage rights among ecclesiastical and secular lords created a patchwork of local currencies across the Holy Roman Empire. Bishop Anton von Rotenhan, who held the see from 1431 to 1459, presided over this issue during a period of ongoing tension between Bamberg's episcopal authority and the competing minting rights of Nuremberg to the south.
The Bishopric of Bamberg held the right to strike coin under imperial grant, and small silver pfennigs of this type circulated primarily in Franconian markets during the mid-fifteenth century, when fragmented coinage rights among ecclesiastical and secular lords created a patchwork of local currencies across the Holy Roman Empire. Bishop Anton von Rotenhan, who held the see from 1431 to 1459, presided over this issue during a period of ongoing tension between Bamberg's episcopal authority and the competing minting rights of Nuremberg to the south.