Philip the Sincere, Elector Palatine from 1476 until his death in 1508, issued this schilling during a period when the Palatinate's finances were under strain from his persistent but ultimately failed efforts to secure the Bohemian crown. The dating range of 1492–1495 places production squarely within years of active dynastic negotiation across the Rhine territories.
The Slg. Memme reference anchors this piece to one of the more rigorous cataloguing efforts for late-medieval Rhenish coinage — the Memmesheimer collection, whose numbering system remains the working standard for specialists in this series.
Philip the Sincere, Elector Palatine from 1476 until his death in 1508, issued this schilling during a period when the Palatinate's finances were under strain from his persistent but ultimately failed efforts to secure the Bohemian crown. The dating range of 1492–1495 places production squarely within years of active dynastic negotiation across the Rhine territories.
The Slg. Memme reference anchors this piece to one of the more rigorous cataloguing efforts for late-medieval Rhenish coinage — the Memmesheimer collection, whose numbering system remains the working standard for specialists in this series.