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1 Pfennig - Frederick V
| Issuer | Burgraviate of Nuremberg |
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| Year | 1390 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Shield bearing the Hohenzollern quartered arms — divided per fess and per pale, displaying the characteristic sceptre or staff device alongside the Hohenzollern eagle — struck on an irregularly shaped square flan typical of late medieval hammered pfennig coinage. The shield occupies the central field, with the letter 'F' (for Fridericus) or a similar initial appearing above in the upper portion of the die. The surfaces show the characteristic flatness and uneven strike associated with hand-hammered bracteate-style pfennigs of the Nuremberg Burgraviate. |
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| Mint | Nuremberg Mint |
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Frederick V ruled the Burgraviate of Nuremberg until his death in 1398, during which time the burgraves were in near-constant tension with the city of Nuremberg itself — a conflict that would end with his son Frederick VI selling the burgravial rights to the Hohenzollern line and eventually to Brandenburg in 1415. These small silver pfennigs circulated in a fractured monetary environment, competing with issues from the imperial city, the bishopric of Bamberg, and dozens of minor Franconian authorities within a few miles of each other.