Frederick IV of Emmerberg served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1441 until his death in 1452, a tenure marked by persistent friction with the Habsburg dukes over territorial jurisdiction in the Alpine passes. Small billon pfennigs of this type were the lowest practical denomination in circulation across the archbishopric, changing hands daily in market transactions that the silver coinage rarely touched.
Frederick IV of Emmerberg served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1441 until his death in 1452, a tenure marked by persistent friction with the Habsburg dukes over territorial jurisdiction in the Alpine passes. Small billon pfennigs of this type were the lowest practical denomination in circulation across the archbishopric, changing hands daily in market transactions that the silver coinage rarely touched.