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1 Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Saxony (Ernestinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1498-1499 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uniface hammered silver pfennig struck in the name of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony. The central design features the quartered arms of Saxony — displaying the distinctive barry with a bend charged with billets — surmounted by an electoral bonnet or crown above the shield. Flanking the arms in the field are two small rosette ornaments serving as decorative punctuation. The abbreviated legend FA, rendered in a medieval Gothic or Lombardic letterform, appears between the rosettes, referencing the issuing authority. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly convex, as is typical of late 15th-century German hammered coinage of small denomination. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface issue; the reverse is blank and shows only the natural surface of the hammered silver flan, with no design, legend, or relief elements struck. Minor flow lines and surface irregularities from the minting process are visible, consistent with small hammered pfennigs of the Ernestinian Wettin coinage of the late 15th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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