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1 Pfennig 'Lilienpfennig' - Bernard I
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1372-1431 |
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| Diameter | 17.00 mm |
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| Obverse description | A fleur-de-lis (lily) surmounting a straight-sided shield bearing the arms of Baden, all contained within a beaded circle. A single pellet appears at both the upper and lower margins of the inner field, serving as decorative stops. The design is rendered in low relief, consistent with the hammered bracteate-related pfennig tradition of the Upper Rhineland. The flat, unadorned field surrounding the beaded border is typical of late medieval German obol coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernard I ruled Baden from 1372 until his death in 1431, a tenure that coincided with the fragmented monetary landscape of the upper Rhine, where dozens of competing regional authorities struck small silver pfennige of wildly varying fineness. The so-called Lilienpfennig designation refers to the lily motif — a type identifier used by collectors and cataloguers, not a contemporary name — and helps distinguish this issue from the numerous visually similar bracteate-influenced pfennige of the period.
At 0.34 g, these coins were struck near the absolute lower threshold of practical silver coinage, and surviving examples frequently show irregular planchets from the hand-cutting process.