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⅔ Gros - Reinhard II
| Issuer | Schönforst, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1369-1396 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing nine bezants arranged in three rows, enclosed within a pointed trefoil frame with beaded inner border. The shield is rendered in the Gothic heraldic style characteristic of late 14th-century Rhenish coinage. A circular legend in uncial script surrounds the central device, separated from it by a beaded ring. The overall composition is typical of small lordly issues of the Lower Rhine region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Reinhard II von Schönforst ruled a minor lordship wedged between the territories of Liège, Aachen, and Jülich — precisely the kind of fractured political geography that made the late medieval Low Countries a numismatic labyrinth. The ⅔ gros denomination itself reflects local monetary pragmatism: smaller fractional pieces were struck to compete with, and complement, the heavier Flemish and French gros circulating in regional trade routes.
Schönforst coinage is rarely encountered, the lordship having been absorbed by Jülich before the fifteenth century ended.