1 Pfennig

Frankfurt an der Oder struck emergency copper pfennigs in 1622 at the height of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the catastrophic currency crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Speculators and petty mints alike debased silver coinage so aggressively that small-denomination copper issues became the only reliable medium for daily commerce in many municipalities. Frankfurt an der Oder, already under pressure from the early stages of what would become the Thirty Years' War, was among the Brandenburg towns forced to produce its own local copper to keep markets functioning.

The Bahrf#690c designation places this among a tightly catalogued group of Brandenburg municipal coppers, with the Slg. Kraaz reference confirming known surviving examples in specialist collections.