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| Issuer | Schweidnitz, City of |
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| Year | 1501 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate uniface type struck in thin silver. Central device depicts a schematic hand or claw-like emblem rendered in low relief within a recessed inner circle, with diagonal hatched lines above suggesting a stylized mailed fist or heraldic device associated with the city of Schweidnitz. The broad raised rim encircles the sunken field in typical late medieval Silesian bracteate fashion. The fabric is irregular and shows characteristic hammered texture throughout. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | 1501: ND (1501) |
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Schweidnitz — the Silesian city known in Polish as Świdnica — issued bracteate-style small silver in the early sixteenth century under a municipal coining privilege that had survived repeated challenges from the Bohemian crown. By 1501, the city was firmly under Habsburgs following the incorporation of Bohemia into their domains, yet continued exercising local minting rights that many comparable Silesian towns had already lost.
At 0.21 g, attrition losses in circulation were severe, and survivors in any condition are thinly represented in major collections.