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1/3 Gros - Wenceslaus I
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1353-1383 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | MOn ET+L VCE BVR (Translation: Money of Luxembourg) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Wenceslaus I ruled Luxembourg during a period of active dynastic maneuvering across the Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire — he was the brother of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, a relationship that shaped Luxembourg's political weight well beyond its modest territorial size. This fractional issue belongs to a broader expansion of small silver denominations circulating across the region as trade economies demanded finer divisibility than the heavier gros could provide.
The thirty-year span of this type reflects either extended die use or periodic reissues without modification — not unusual for smaller Luxembourg denominations where administrative continuity outweighed the impulse to mark new issues.