Denier Bracteate - Kuno

Kuno I von Münzenberg built his family's minting authority during the Staufen ascendancy, operating under imperial privilege as a ministerial family that had parlayed administrative service into genuine territorial power. The bracteate format — struck on foil-thin planchets so that the single die image shows in reverse on the back — was the dominant coinage technology across central Germany during this period, favored precisely because it required less silver per coin without reducing face value.

Hävernick 50 is among the rarer attributions in the Münzenberg series, with the county's output generally underrepresented in major collections relative to its documented minting activity.