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Denier Bracteate - Wenceslaus I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1230-1253 |
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| Reference(s) | Cach#720 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1230-1253) |
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Wenceslaus I ruled Bohemia during a period of intensive German colonization actively encouraged by the crown, and his bracteate issues reflect the broader monetary reforms that accompanied this demographic transformation. Thin, single-sided bracteates were already archaic in much of Europe by the mid-thirteenth century, making Bohemia's continued reliance on the form a deliberate regional conservatism rather than a technical limitation.
Cach 720 is among the more precisely attributed types in the bracteate sequence for this reign, which itself spans over two decades of production and considerable die variation.