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1 Pfennig - John III Hals
| Issuer | Leuchtenberg, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1430-1458 |
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| Weight | 0.35 g |
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| Obverse description | Within a trefoil border, the arms of the Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg are depicted centrally in relief, comprising a divided shield with characteristic heraldic charges. Three initials — H, I, and S — are disposed around the shield within the trefoil compartments, serving as identifying marks of Landgrave John III Hals. The overall design is bold and deeply struck in the crude, irregular style typical of mid-fifteenth-century German hammered pfennigs. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John III Hals ruled Leuchtenberg during a period of steady territorial decline for the landgraviate — a minor dynasty that had been selling off holdings since the 14th century to cover mounting debts, largely to the Wittelsbachs. Coins of this type circulated in a region increasingly absorbed by Bavaria, which would eventually extinguish Leuchtenberg's independence altogether in 1646.
The Friedl#45d attribution places this among the documented die varieties for the type, though surviving examples are scarce enough that census populations remain unreliable.