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1 Weißpfennig - Theodoric II of Isenburg-Büdingen
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1461-1462 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1461-1462) |
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Theodoric II of Isenburg-Büdingen served as Archbishop of Mainz from 1459 until his death in 1463, a tenure defined almost entirely by the catastrophic fallout of the Mainz Diocesan Feud. His election was itself disputed — Pope Pius II had backed a rival candidate, Diether von Isenburg — and the resulting conflict destabilized the archbishopric's finances severely. Coinage struck under his brief authority reflects an administration perpetually scrambling for fiscal footing.
The Weißpfennig denomination was a low-value silver struck across the Rhineland during this period, its production driven by chronic shortages of small change rather than any deliberate monetary policy.