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1 Schilling - Frederick IV
| Issuer | Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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| Year | 1495-1505 |
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| Engraver(s) | Hans Rosenberger |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederick IV ruled Brandenburg-Ansbach during a period when the Hohenzollern branch controlling the Franconian territories was consolidating monetary policy with neighboring Bayreuth. The schilling issues of this decade fall within the broader South German coinage reform pressures following the 1490 Reichsmünzordnung, which attempted — with only partial success — to standardize small silver denominations across the fragmented imperial territories.
Schrötter 380 and Wilmersdörffer 430 catalog this type with minor die variations across the emission period. The MB#4 reference places it among the earliest systematically documented Ansbach issues.