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1 Pfennig 'Matthiaspfennig'
| Issuer | Goslar, City of |
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| Year | 1436 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1436: ND (1436) |
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Goslar's civic coinage in the fifteenth century was closely tied to the city's control over the Rammelsberg silver mines — one of the most productive ore deposits in medieval Europe. The 'Matthiaspfennig' designation almost certainly references St. Matthias, whose feast day (February 24th) may have governed a minting cycle or market authorization. Small-denomination civic pfennigs of this type rarely survived in quantity; they were struck light, circulated hard, and melted the moment silver valuations shifted.