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1 Pfennig - William I
| Issuer | Margraviate of Baden-Baden (German States) |
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| Year | 1624-1626 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Baden-Baden in the early 1620s was caught directly in the opening devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Margrave Wilhelm I had converted to Catholicism, aligning Baden-Baden against the Protestant Union, and his territory was repeatedly occupied and plundered during this period. That a mint was functioning at all between 1624 and 1626 is itself notable — output was almost certainly sporadic, which likely accounts for the coin's scarcity today.
A silver Pfennig of 0.31g sits at the absolute lower boundary of practical minting, and these tiny pieces were notoriously vulnerable to loss and wear even under peaceful conditions.