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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Weissenburg, Abbey of |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a standing figure, likely an ecclesiastical personage or saint, rendered in a crude, archaic style typical of medieval hammered bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The figure appears robed, with details suggesting a frontal presentation. The surrounding field is plain with irregular flan edges characteristic of hand-struck medieval coinage. The die work is bold but worn, consistent with small hammered silver issues of the Abbey of Weissenburg. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a concave incuse impression resulting from the hammered striking process, with a broad circular border forming a raised ring around a central motif consisting of an arched or crescent-like element above a smaller secondary device. The design elements are shallow and somewhat indistinct due to the thin flan and crude die engraving typical of medieval German ecclesiastical pfennigs. The fabric and style are consistent with bracteate-influenced coinage of the Weissenburg Abbey workshops. |
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The Abbey of Weissenburg — Wissembourg in Alsace — was one of the great Carolingian monasteries, granted extensive minting rights that persisted fitfully through the medieval period. These small silver pfennigs represent the abbey exercising those privileges at a highly local level, likely produced for market tolls and monastic transactions rather than broad circulation. Survival is poor; the thin fabric and low silver weight made them vulnerable to both wear and the melting pot.