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1 Weißpfennig - Adolph IX
| Issuer | Berg |
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| Year | 1408-1423 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross pattée at center, with the quartered shield of Ravensberg superimposed over the crossing point. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a double annular legend in Latin Gothic lettering reading MONETA MOLENhEI, referencing the Mülheim mint. An outer beaded border frames the entire composition, consistent with the hammered Weißpfennig coinage of the County of Berg. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA MOLENhEI |
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Adolph IX ruled Berg from 1408 until his death in 1423, a period when the County — soon to become a Duchy under his successor — was consolidating its monetary administration along the lower Rhine. The Weißpfennig denomination, literally "white penny" for its silver content, was the workhorse of regional trade during the 15th century, circulating alongside emissions from Cologne, Jülich, and Cleves in a competitive and often chaotic monetary zone where cross-border imitation was rampant.
Noss Be#106c places this among the documented variants catalogued by Alfred Noss in his foundational work on Berg coinage — a reference that remains the starting point for any serious attribution of this material.