Catalog
1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1548-1562 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1548 - (15)48 - 1551 - (15)51 - 1553 - (15)53 - 1554 - (15)54 - 1555 - (15)55 - 1558 - (15)58 - 1559 - (15)59 - 1561 - (15)61 - 1562 - (15)62 - |
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Augsburg's pfennig coinage of this period reflects the city's position as one of the wealthiest commercial centers in the Holy Roman Empire — home to the Fugger and Welser banking dynasties whose capital flowed across three continents. The city held mint rights as a free imperial city, answering directly to the Emperor rather than any territorial prince, which gave its coinage unusual political independence for such a small denomination.
The Forster/Schmidhäuser reference places this type firmly within Augsburg's mid-sixteenth century civic issues. Silver pfennigs of this size and period circulated hard in local trade; survivors in collectible condition are genuinely scarce.