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3 Pfennig
| Issuer | Hildesheim, City of |
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| Year | 1659-1737 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A large imperial orb surmounted by a cross occupies the central field, with the denomination numeral 3 placed prominently below the orb. The date is divided by the orb, with the first two digits of the year appearing to the left and the final two digits to the right, as is typical of contemporary German Pfennig coinage. The design is rendered in a simple, functional style consistent with small-denomination municipal issues of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hildesheim occupied an awkward political position throughout this period — a prince-bishopric surrounded by Lutheran territories yet stubbornly Catholic, its civic coinage reflecting decades of jurisdictional friction between the bishop and the city council. Small billon issues like this one funded municipal obligations when larger denominations were impractical for everyday transactions in a mid-sized Lower Saxon town. The nearly eighty-year span of this type suggests die reuse or deliberate conservatism in design, a common cost-cutting measure among minor German issuers who lacked the resources of imperial mints.