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1 Pfennig - Louis I of Württemberg-Urach
| Issuer | County of Württemberg |
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| Year | 1419-1450 |
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| Reference(s) | KR#16.2a, Ebner#11 |
| Obverse description | A hunting horn with a belt-like suspender strap depicted in the central field, flanked by three pellets arranged around the device, all contained within a beaded circle border. The design is characteristic of the Württemberg heraldic tradition, rendered in the crude but purposeful style typical of hammered bracteate-influenced small silver coinage of the early fifteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Louis I ruled the County of Württemberg-Urach following the partition of Württemberg in 1442, when the county was divided between the Urach and Stuttgart lines — a split that would persist until reunification under Eberhard im Bart in 1482. Coinage from the Urach line during this period is notably scarce, produced in small volumes for a territorially modest court competing for economic influence in southwestern Germany.
The Ebner reference places this among a tightly defined group of pfennigs attributable to Louis I specifically, distinguished from the broader Württemberg series by die characteristics documented by Ebner in his regional study.