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Bracteat
| Issuer | Utrecht, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1479-1488 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse type, as is inherent to the single-die bracteate striking technique; the reverse shows the corresponding negative relief of the eagle and shield design with the characteristic rough, featureless surface resulting from the hammered production method. |
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| Mintage | ND (1479-1488) |
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Utrecht's episcopal bracteates of this period are curiosities in the broader Low Countries minting tradition — thin, single-die struck pieces that were already an anachronism by the late fifteenth century, when most minting authorities had long moved toward thicker, double-sided coinage. Their continued production under the Bishopric likely reflects local small-denomination convention rather than any administrative innovation. The copper composition places this outside the silver bracteate tradition entirely.