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1 Schilling - Winrich of Kniprode
| Issuer | Teutonic Order |
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| Year | 1351-1382 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 10 |
| Obverse description | Central field bears the Teutonic Order's heraldic shield — displaying an eagle — superimposed upon a large cross pattée that extends to the coin's inner border, dividing the field into four quadrants. The design is rendered in high relief characteristic of hammered medieval coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with a surrounding circular legend in Gothic uncial characters reading MAGISTRI WINRICI, identifying the Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode. The overall composition reflects the austere, ecclesiastical-military aesthetic of Teutonic Order coinage of the fourteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAGISTRI WINRICI |
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Winrich of Kniprode's tenure as Grand Master — the longest in the Order's Prussian history at over three decades — coincided with what most historians consider the political and economic peak of Teutonic rule in the Baltic. The Order controlled the amber trade, operated its own mint at Thorn, and functioned as a sovereign territorial power answerable to no regional lord. These schillings were the working currency of that apparatus.
The broad date range reflects attribution difficulty: many issues from this period cannot be assigned to a narrower window without die-linkage studies, and the Order did not date its coins.