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4 Pfennig
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1687 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#117, Behr#465a |
| Obverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed at center, with the arms of Lübeck — a divided shield bearing a cross — superimposed on the breast. The eagle's two heads face outward to either side, with wings spread and detailed feathering visible in the die work. A large imperial crown surmounts the eagle above. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads LEOP D G RO IM SEM AVG, referencing Emperor Leopold I as Holy Roman Emperor, separated by dot stops. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line inscription denoting the denomination and date, reading IIII / PFEN / NIG / 1687, all enclosed within a wreath formed by two laurel branches tied at the base. The surrounding circular legend reads LVB STADT GELDT, identifying this as Lübeck city money, with dot stops separating the elements. The overall composition is characteristic of small late 17th-century German municipal coinage. |
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Lübeck's late 17th-century small silver issues occupy an awkward numismatic position — struck at a moment when the city's commercial dominance in the Baltic was already a memory, the Hanseatic network having effectively collapsed decades earlier with the final assembly of the Diet in 1669. The city continued issuing its own coinage largely on institutional inertia and civic pride. KM#117 is known in multiple die variants catalogued by Behr, with 465a distinguished by specific reverse die characteristics that separate it from near-contemporary strikes of the same denomination.