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Denier Bracteate Penning 'Hulpenning' - Erik of Pommern Åbo
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1410-1439 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin has no reverse design; the reverse shows only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse monogram as a result of the single-die striking technique employed in bracteate production. |
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Erik of Pommern — king simultaneously of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the Kalmar Union — issued these thin, uniface bracteates through regional minting authorities including Åbo (modern Turku, Finland), which functioned as the administrative center of Swedish Finland. The *hulpenning*, literally "help penny," was the lowest denomination in circulation, struck at weights so marginal that surviving examples are almost invariably bent, creased, or partially struck. Erik's reign ended badly: deposed in 1439 after years of war with the Holstein-Schauenburg counts and mounting resentment over his toll policies at Øresund.