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1 Schildgroschen - Frederick I Gotha
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1425-1428 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A rampant lion displayed on a shield, flanked on both sides and surmounted by six-petalled roses arranged symmetrically in the field, serving as decorative fillers typical of Meissen-type Groschen. The shield bearing the lion is rendered in a bold Gothic style. A circular legend in uncial Gothic lettering surrounds the central device, enclosed between two beaded borders. |
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| Mintage | ND (1425-1428) |
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The Schildgroschen type was introduced in Meissen as a response to the debasement crisis plaguing the region's smaller groschen denominations in the early fifteenth century. Frederick I — the Warlike — ruled a fragmented territorial inheritance that required constant coinage to fund military campaigns, including his prolonged conflict with the Hussites. The Gotha mint attribution distinguishes this piece from contemporaneous Meissen and Leipzig strikes of the same type, though output from all three facilities fed the same regional circulation pool.