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1 Pfennig - Frederick V Langenzenn
| Issuer | Burgraviate of Nuremberg |
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| Year | 1361-1388 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the Burgrave in high relief, crudely rendered in the stylized Pfennig tradition, with schematically depicted facial features including prominent eyes and a broad neck. Flanking decorative elements, possibly foliage or heraldic flourishes, appear to either side of the effigy within the irregularly shaped flan. The design is unframed, filling the entire field in the characteristic manner of medieval German bracteate-influenced coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1361-1388) |
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Frederick V ruled the Burgraviate of Nuremberg during a period when the Hohenzollern burgraves were in persistent, low-grade conflict with the city of Nuremberg itself — a tension that would eventually lead his successors to sell the burgravial rights entirely in 1427. The Langenzenn mint, southeast of the burgravial seat, struck small silver pfennigs across several reigns, and attribution between them often rests on subtle die distinctions that Schramm documented carefully.
At 0.66g, these pieces were subject to aggressive clipping in circulation. Fully round, unclipped examples are the exception.