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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Brunswick, City of |
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| Year | 1296-1498 |
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| Currency | Denier (1296-1498) |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the Brunswick lion in shallow negative relief as an unavoidable consequence of the single-die hammered bracteate technique. No inscriptions or additional devices are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1296-1498) |
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Brunswick's bracteate deniers occupy an unusual position in north German civic coinage — struck across two full centuries with remarkable design continuity, they reflect the city's stubborn monetary conservatism during a period when most neighboring mints were abandoning single-sided thin-flan coinage entirely. The Hanseatic trading network Brunswick belonged to created enough regional demand for small-denomination silver that the type remained economically viable long after it had become technically archaic elsewhere.
The Denicke 343 reference places this among a well-documented local sequence, though die-to-die variation within the type is considerable across the 200-year production span.