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1 Pfennig - William Frederick
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1703-1722 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Obverse description | Two conjoined oval shields of arms displayed side by side, the left bearing the Hohenzollern eagle and the right the quartered arms of Brandenburg-Ansbach, surmounted by a small lion passant as crest. The date is divided by the value numeral '1' placed above the shields, with the year appearing in the upper field flanking the crest. The coin is struck within a plain inner field with a milled outer border. |
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| Reverse description | Blank reverse with no design, inscription, or ornament; plain unstruck field within a milled border. |
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Brandenburg-Ansbach occupied an awkward position among the Hohenzollern territories — technically a separate margraviate, but increasingly subordinate to the growing Prussian state in Berlin. William Frederick, who ruled from 1703 to 1723, issued these small billon pfennigs throughout a period when the coinage of minor German principalities was plagued by debasement disputes and constant renegotiation of the Münzfuß, the imperial coin standard. At 0.29 grams, pieces this light were perpetually susceptible to clipping and were frequently rejected by merchants despite being legal tender.