1 Witten

Lüneburg's wealth in this period rested almost entirely on salt — the city controlled the Lüneburg Heath saltworks, one of the most productive in northern Europe, and the resulting trade revenue funded a mint that operated with unusual consistency through the late fourteenth century. The Witten was a regional small silver denomination that circulated widely across the Hanseatic trading network, functioning as everyday transactional currency where larger silver pieces were impractical.

Jesse 390 places this emission within a decade-long run, suggesting continuous production rather than a single dated issue.