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1 Weißpfennig - Reinald
| Issuer | Duchy of Jülich |
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| Year | 1402-1423 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the lion of Jülich, depicted rampant, set within a Gothic trefoil frame. The shield is rendered in relief with fine hatching to indicate tinctures. Small rosettes or floral ornaments appear in the angles of the trefoil. The surrounding circular legend reads REI NA LD` DVX IVLICEN, identifying the issuer as Reinald, Duke of Jülich. The overall design is characteristic of late medieval Rhenish hammered coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Reinald II of Jülich-Geldern issued these Weißpfennige during a period when the lower Rhineland was saturated with competing regional coinages, each duchy and archbishopric effectively running its own monetary policy. The Weißpfennig — literally "white penny," so called for its high silver wash giving freshly struck coins a distinctly pale appearance — was a denomination born of the Rhenish monetary conventions of the late 14th century, attempts to standardize exchange across a politically fractured region that never quite held together.
Noss catalogued this type as JMA#157, distinguished within a series where die variation between issues of the same reign is substantial.