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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Brunswick, City of |
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| Year | 1627-1657 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin has no true reverse; the reverse shows the incuse, mirror-image impression of the obverse design as a natural consequence of the single-die hammered bracteate striking technique, with the lion passant appearing sunken and reversed against the plain silver surface. |
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| Mint | Brunswick Mint |
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Brunswick issued these thin, single-sided bracteates well past the point when most German minting authorities had abandoned the fabric entirely — the Thirty Years' War severely disrupted normal coin production across the region, and lightweight emergency-adjacent issues like this one filled gaps left by hoarding and metal shortages. Jesse's catalog remains the primary reference for Brunswick bracteates, with #262 placing this type precisely within the city's wartime sequence.