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1 Rechenpfennig - Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau Klippe
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1587-1612 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg displayed within a flat-topped heraldic shield, divided per pale, with the lion of the Raitenau family on the dexter and the checky fess of Salzburg on the sinister. The shield is flanked by symmetrical foliate scroll supporters and small quatrefoil ornaments at each corner of the klippe. A beaded border frames the entire reverse field, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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| Mint | Salzburg Mint |
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Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau ruled Salzburg from 1587 until his forced abdication in 1612, and his tenure was defined less by piety than by an aggressive program of Italian Baroque urban renewal — he demolished the old Gothic cathedral and rebuilt much of the city center in a manner that still defines Salzburg's skyline. Rechenpfennige were counting tokens used on reckoning boards for administrative arithmetic, and klippe formats — square flans cut from sheet rather than struck on round blanks — were a prestige affectation, marking pieces intended for presentation or gifting rather than everyday accounting use.
Wolf Dietrich's reign ended in imprisonment at Hohensalzburg fortress, where he died in 1617.