1 Pfennig - Herman I

Hermann I ruled Henneberg from 1224 until his death in 1290, presiding over a county whose minting activity reflected the fragmented monetary reality of the medieval Thuringian-Franconian borderlands. Small bracteate-style pfennigs of this type circulated in a region where dozens of competing ecclesiastical and secular lords each exercised independent coining rights, making interregional commerce a constant exercise in exchange and discount. Grasser's attribution of this specific die variety as #1b distinguishes it from the closely related #1a, differences subtle enough that misattribution in older collections remains common.