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3 Pfennig - Damian Hartard of the Leyen
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1675-1676 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged in a triangular grouping: the arms of Mainz (a wheel) above a sword, the arms of Leyen (a vertical stripe) surmounted by a crown, and the arms of Worms (a key) above a crozier. Palm branches flank the composition in the field, with a mint mark below. The design is enclosed within a decorative cartouche-style border typical of late 17th-century German pfennig coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Damian Hartard von der Leyen held the archiepiscopal seat of Mainz for barely four years (1675–1678), elected in the chaotic aftermath of the Franco-Dutch War's early campaigns. His coinage output was thin by necessity — the electorate's finances were strained by the burden of maintaining defensive positions along the Rhine against Louis XIV's advancing forces. Small silver pfennig fractions like this one were struck primarily to meet local transactional demand, not for prestige.
Walther 382 is among the scarcer minor types of his brief tenure.