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1 Pfennig - Adolphus IV
| Issuer | County of Mark |
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| Year | 1398-1422 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | +ADOLPhVS: COMES: CLE |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Adolphus IV of Mark ruled during a period of persistent territorial friction with the archbishopric of Cologne, and the county's small silver pfennig issues of this period reflect the fractured monetary geography of the lower Rhine-Westphalian region, where dozens of local authorities struck competing small denominations with no unified standard. The County of Mark was absorbed into the Duchy of Cleves in 1461, making these issues relics of an independent mint authority that survived less than a generation beyond this coin's production window.