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1 Pfennig 'Lilienpfennig' - Bernard I
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1382-1409 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A fleur-de-lis occupies the central field, rendered in the characteristic late medieval style with three lobed petals rising above a stylized stem and flanking volutes. The initial letter B, denoting Margrave Bernard I of Baden, appears below the lily. The central device is enclosed within a beaded circle formed by a ring of small punched dots arranged in a roughly circular pattern around the perimeter of the flat, irregularly flan. Additional pellets are positioned along the upper arc of the beaded border, flanking the uppermost petal of the lily. No legend is present; the design relies solely on heraldic and initial devices as issuer identification. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Bernard I ruled Baden through a period of fragmented southwestern German authority, when minor Pfennig issues served intensely local exchange networks — often accepted only within a few miles of their mint. The "Lilienpfennig" designation reflects a cataloger's convention rather than any contemporary name; collectors of Breisgau bracteates and hohl pfennigs have long relied on Wielandt's taxonomy to organize an otherwise bewildering regional series.
The thinness of the flan and the silver content place this firmly in the declining weight standard common to late 14th-century southwest German small coinage, as successive debasements compressed purchasing power across the Rhine valley mints.