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1 Schilling - Conrad of Erlichshausen
| Issuer | Teutonic Order |
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| Year | 1441-1449 |
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| Value | 1 Schilling (12) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Conrad of Erlichshausen served as Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1441 to 1449, a period of acute financial strain following the disastrous defeat at Grunwald in 1410 and the subsequent erosion of the Order's territorial and economic base in Prussia. Coinage from his tenure was struck at the Order's mint in Thorn and reflects the institutional scramble to maintain fiscal credibility against mounting debts to mercenary forces.
The Thirteen Years' War broke out just four years after his death — a conflict the Order largely lost because it could not pay its own garrison troops. These schillings were circulating in precisely the communities that would soon turn against the Order's rule.