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1 Pfennig - John III of Grumbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1455-1466 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield bearing the arms of the Bishopric of Würzburg: upper left quarter displays a crowned merloned battlement (the Frankish rake or raking charge), lower left shows a diagonal band, and the right half depicts a standing figure (the Franconian Duke's arms) holding a sceptre or staff, all rendered within a plain rectangular shield outline set against an irregular hammered field with a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blank uniface reverse with no design, legend, or decorative elements; the plain silver flan retains characteristic hammer marks and irregular surface texture typical of mid-fifteenth-century hand-struck bracteate-style pfennigs. |
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