Catalog
1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Erfurt, City of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1489-1500 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Blank uniface reverse, entirely plain and devoid of any design, inscription, or device, consistent with the production methods of small-denomination hammered bracteate-influenced coinage of late 15th-century Germany. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1489-1500) |
| Additional information |
Erfurt's civic coinage of this period reflects the city's unusual dual status — nominally under the Archbishop of Mainz yet functionally self-governing through its merchant oligarchy, which jealously guarded minting rights as a mark of practical independence. The Leitzmann 423 type belongs to the final decade before Erfurt's financial autonomy was progressively curtailed in the early sixteenth century.
At half a gram of silver, these were working coins ground down through daily transactions in one of central Germany's busiest trading centers. Survivors with intact surfaces are the exception.