Denier Bracteate - Anonymous

The Teutonic Order operated its Prussian mint system under near-total autonomy during the mid-fourteenth century, issuing bracteate deniers as a localized currency for territories that had little use for the heavier coinage circulating in the Reich. At 0.20 g, these pieces were struck so thin that they were effectively single-sided by necessity, the die impression from one face ghosting through to the other. Anonymous issues of this type are attributed to the grand mastership of Winrich von Kniprode, whose administration oversaw a significant reorganization of Order finances following the costly campaigns into Lithuania.