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1 Witten
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1350-1379 |
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| Value | 1 Witten (4) |
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| Reverse lettering | CIVITAS IMPERIAL |
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| Mint | Lübeck |
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The Witten emerged as a regional trade coin in the mid-fourteenth century, filling a gap left by the deteriorating pfennig coinage that had fragmented badly across the north German mints. Lübeck, as the dominant force in the early Hanseatic League, had both the commercial motive and the monetary authority to push a heavier silver denomination into circulation across Baltic trade routes.
The Jesse and Saur references place this piece firmly within a recognized die study, but the 1350–1379 window covers a period during which Lübeck's mint output was directly shaped by the city's costly involvement in the war against Valdemar IV of Denmark — a conflict that strained municipal finances severely before the Peace of Stralsund resolved it in 1370.