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3 Pfennig - Joachim II Hector
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1562-1565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | An ornate crested helmet rendered in profile or facing, elaborately decorated in the Renaissance tournament style, with flowing mantling issuing from either side filling the field. The design is characteristic of Brandenburg heraldic coinage of the mid-sixteenth century, the helmet serving as the crest above the armorial bearings. The coin is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1562 - 156Z - 1563 - - 1564 - - 1564 - (15)64 - 1565 - - 1565 - (15)65 - |
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Joachim II Hector introduced Lutheranism to Brandenburg in 1539, making his territory one of the earlier princely adoptions of the Reformation — a decision that reshaped the margraviate's political alliances for generations. Small silver pfennig issues of his later reign circulated during a period of significant fiscal strain, partly driven by the extraordinary costs of his court at Berlin, which contemporaries noted was run with a lavishness Brandenburg could not afford. He died in 1571 leaving debts that took his successor decades to resolve.