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1 Pfennig - Gerhard of Schwarzburg
| Issuer | Würzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1396-1400 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Blank uniface reverse, showing only the incuse impression of the obverse design as a consequence of the hammered striking technique characteristic of medieval bracteate-style pfennigs. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gerhard of Schwarzburg's tenure as Bishop of Würzburg lasted barely four years — he died in 1400, likely from wounds sustained at the Battle of Pillenreuth, where he fought alongside the Nuremberg forces against the Burgrave Frederick VI of Hohenzollern. That military entanglement, unusual for a sitting bishop, cut short both his reign and the production window for this issue.