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1 Pfennig - Frederick III, John and George
| Issuer | Saxony (Ernestinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1507-1525 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, with no design, inscription, or decorative element, a common feature of small-denomination hammered pfennig coinage of this period where the striking of a single die produced an incuse or plain reverse surface. |
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The Ernestinian line's grip on the Saxon electorate was already loosening during this issue's run. The catastrophic defeat at Mühlberg in 1547 would eventually strip the Ernestinians of the electoral dignity entirely, transferring it to the Albertine branch — but in 1507 that rupture was still decades off, and coins like this circulated freely across a divided Saxony still nominally cooperating between cousins.
At 0.13 g, these were among the smallest silver denominations produced anywhere in the Empire, and surviving examples with full flans are genuinely uncommon.