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1 Schilling
| Issuer | Konstanz, City of |
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| Year | 1423-1499 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered municipal arms of Constance — a cross dividing the shield into four quarters — enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Above the shield, an eagle displayed serves as a crest or helm ornament. The entire central device is surrounded by a toothed or beaded border, with the circular Latin legend running between the inner beaded circle and the coin's irregular hammered rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Konstanz occupied an unusual political position throughout the fifteenth century — a Free Imperial City on the Swiss border whose monetary output reflected decades of tension between its civic council, the Bishop of Konstanz, and the surrounding Habsburg territories. The Schilling issues spanning this period were produced under successive minting agreements that had to be renegotiated as regional monetary unions, particularly the Rappenmünzbund, adjusted their weight and fineness standards. Konstanz was a founding member of that southwest German currency union in 1403, and these coins were struck to comply with its periodically revised conventions.