1 Schilling - Gottfried IV Schenk of Limpurg

Gottfried IV Schenk von Limpurg held the see of Würzburg from 1443 until his death in 1455, a episcopate defined largely by his efforts to consolidate territorial authority against the encroachments of neighboring secular lords. The schilling issues of his final years reflect a broader mid-fifteenth century trend among Franconian ecclesiastical mints toward standardizing small silver denominations to compete with the proliferating coinage of the imperial cities.

The Ehwald reference places this among a small documented group, and surviving examples in collectible condition are infrequently encountered at auction.