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1 Scherf 'Hohlscherf'

Issuer City of Erfurt
Year 1468
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Technique Hammered
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Obverse description Concave bracteate-style obverse displaying a six-spoked wheel with a pronounced thick outer rim, centrally positioned in the depressed field. The spokes radiate symmetrically from a central hub, rendered in low relief characteristic of medieval hammered bracteate coinage. The broad, raised outer border frames the design and is typical of the Hohlscherf (hollow bracteate) form produced at Erfurt in the fifteenth century. No legend or additional decorative elements are present.
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Reverse description Reverse is blank, as is standard for this type of thin, uniface bracteate (Hohlscherf) coinage, where the design struck on the obverse appears in incuse mirror image on the reverse due to the extreme thinness of the flan. No devices, legends, or additional markings are present.
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Mintage 1468: ND (1468)
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