1 Pfennig - Sigismund von Volkersdorf

Sigismund von Volkersdorf served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1452 until his forced resignation in 1461, a tenure defined largely by his protracted conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III over ecclesiastical authority in the region. The small billon pfennig issues of this period were integral to local market exchange in the Alpine valleys, where silver-poor billon remained the practical currency of everyday commerce long after larger urban centers had moved toward heavier silver coinage.