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1 Pfennig - Gerhard of Schwarzburg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1395-1400 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank (uniface), with no design, inscription, or decorative element. This plain reverse is typical of small-denomination medieval German bracteate-influenced pfennigs of the late 14th century, where the striking process often left one side uninscribed. |
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Gerhard of Schwarzburg's episcopate at Würzburg lasted barely four years — he was elected in 1372 but spent much of his tenure navigating the fractious politics between the Franconian nobility and the Holy Roman Emperor. These pfennig issues from the final years of his reign coincide with a period of sustained fiscal pressure on the bishopric, when minting small silver was as much a political assertion of territorial authority as it was an economic act. At 0.25 grams, surviving examples have almost always suffered edge loss or fragmentation during circulation.