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1 Witten
| Issuer | Anklam, City of |
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| Year | 1410 |
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| Value | 1 Witten |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylized cogwheel sail or radiate motif enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with multiple raised rays emanating outward from the center in the Gothic hammered tradition. The surrounding field carries a circular legend in uncial Latin characters. The flan is irregular, typical of hand-hammered medieval coinage, with moderate wear to the high points of the design. |
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| Mintage | 1410: ND (1410) |
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Anklam's position within the Hanseatic League gave it minting rights exercised sporadically throughout the late medieval period, and the Witten — a north German small silver denomination — was the workhorse of Baltic trade coinage in this era. By 1410, the league's commercial network stretched from Novgorod to London, and municipal mints like Anklam produced these small pieces to meet local transactional demand that larger regional coinages couldn't efficiently serve. The specific Dann Po#176a variety is documented among a narrow range of surviving Anklam issues, the city's output being modest compared to Lübeck or Hamburg.