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1 Scherf
| Issuer | Wismar, City of |
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| Year | 1400-1499 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Blank reverse, as is typical of this thin, hammered half-pfennig denomination (Scherf) struck by the city of Wismar during the 15th century. The surface shows only the incuse impression of the obverse die pressure, with no intentional design or inscription. |
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| Mint | Wismar |
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The Scherf — a fractional pfennig denomination struck by numerous North German municipal authorities through the fifteenth century — survives in such small numbers partly because pieces at this weight were simply lost in enormous quantities during ordinary commerce. Wismar's civic coinage of this period reflects the city's position within the Hanseatic trading network, where small silver fractions handled the daily transactions that larger denominations could not.