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Denier Bracteate - John
| Issuer | Brunswick-Luneburg |
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| Year | 1252-1277 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1252-1277) |
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John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruled a territory that had fractured repeatedly through inheritance disputes following the death of Henry the Lion in 1195. The bracteate coinage of this period was a regional phenomenon particular to northern and central Germany, where single-sided fabric so thin it struck through to form a mirror impression on the reverse became the dominant small-denomination silver currency for over two centuries — a format that never gained traction elsewhere in Europe.
At 0.49 g, these pieces were already at the practical lower limit of workable silver coinage, and clipping was a persistent problem that drove periodic recoinage obligations on local populations.