1 Pfennig - Paris von Lodron

Paris von Lodron governed Salzburg for over three decades, a tenure remarkable for keeping the archbishopric out of the Thirty Years' War — a conflict that devastated nearly every neighboring territory. His careful neutrality, maintained through diplomatic maneuvering and substantial payments to various parties, preserved Salzburg's mint output when much of central Europe had ceased normal coin production entirely. These tiny silver pfennigs circulated continuously through that period, quietly funding one of the few stable ecclesiastical states left standing in the German lands.