Denier Bracteate - Rupert I

Rupert I held the Palatinate electorate through decades of careful dynastic maneuvering, including his role in the 1356 Golden Bull — the imperial decree that formalized the electoral college and, crucially, confirmed the Count Palatine's right to coin money. These thin, single-sided bracteates were the practical currency of that privilege: struck on foil-thin planchets so fragile that surviving examples without cracks or edge splits are genuinely uncommon.