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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Korbach, City of |
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| Year | 1475-1574 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Two adjacent heraldic shields displayed side by side within the field: the dexter shield bearing the arms of the City of Korbach (a six-pointed star), and the sinister shield bearing the arms of Waldeck (an eagle). The initial letter 'W' appears above the shields and the initial letter 'C' appears below, serving as mint or issuer marks. The coin is of irregular flan typical of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Korbach held mint rights as a member of the Hanseatic League, and these small silver pfennigs circulated primarily within the regional economy of Waldeck during a century when fractional coinage was chronically short across the German territories. The hundred-year date span reflects ongoing restrikes from a consistent type rather than continuous annual production — municipal mints of this scale rarely had the output or administrative apparatus for yearly dies.