1 Pfennig - John III and Frederick VI

The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was already a political anomaly by 1396 — the Hohenzollern burgraves held the title but had long since lost actual control of the city itself to the imperial free municipality below them. This coin was struck under the joint rule of John III and Frederick VI, the latter being the future Elector of Brandenburg who would acquire the Mark Brandenburg from Sigismund in 1415, effectively redirecting Hohenzollern ambition permanently northward and away from Franconia.

At 0.22 g, these tiny silver pfennigs were produced in enormous quantities for petty commerce and survive today in wildly variable condition owing to their fragile flans.