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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Ulm, City of |
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| Year | 1500-1525 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄210) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the municipal arms of Ulm: a shield charged with a grid pattern of three rows of four pellets arranged in a checkerboard-like array, surmounted by a crown of three points or battlements. The shield is set within a beaded border encircling the entire field. The design is struck on a typically irregular flan characteristic of late medieval hammered coinage, with no legend present. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays an incuse or weakly struck mirror impression of the obverse shield design, a characteristic consequence of the single-die hammered technique employed for small medieval pfennig coinage. The shield form remains discernible in the field, surrounded by the rough, irregular edge of the flan. No inscription or secondary device is present; the surface shows the natural planishing marks typical of hand-struck bracteate-influenced minor coinage of the period. |
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| Mint | Ulm |
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