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1 Pfennig - Ernest I
| Issuer | Bavaria-Munich, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1397-1406 |
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| Weight | 0.54 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is blank, as is typical for uniface hammered pfennigs of this type and period, with no design, legend, or mintmark struck on the reverse die face. |
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Ernest I ruled Bavaria-Munich jointly with his brother Wilhelm III following the division of Wittelsbach lands, a dynastic fragmentation that produced a bewildering array of regional pfennig issues across the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. These small bracteate-style pfennigs circulated in a monetary environment saturated with competing local coinages, many of debased or uncertain silver content, making regional recognition and trust a persistent problem for everyday exchange.
At 0.54 g, the silver content was already a fraction of earlier pfennig standards — a long debasement trend that had been grinding down since the mid-1300s.