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1 Pfennig - Henry II
| Issuer | Hessen, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1328-1376 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Obverse lettering | G - V - G - V |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry II of Hesse ruled during a period when the Landgraviate was locked in near-continuous feudal conflict with the Archbishop of Mainz and neighboring dynasties, and the coinage of his reign reflects a fragmented monetary environment where small silver issues circulated alongside a chaotic mix of regional denars. At 0.29 g, this pfennig sits at the extreme lower threshold of viable silver coinage — a consequence of decades of debasement pressure across the mid-Rhenish minting sphere rather than any single policy decision.
The "var." designation against Schütz II#222.1 suggests a die variant not fully catalogued, which is unsurprising for issues of this weight class, where die life was short and punch combinations inconsistent.