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Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Fribourg |
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| Year | 1501-1529 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄224) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the arms of Fribourg — a black and white divided shield — set within a beaded inner circle. The shield is rendered in a stylized heraldic manner characteristic of late medieval Swiss municipal coinage. Surrounding the inner circle, the circular legend *MONETA FRIBURGI runs in uncial Latin lettering within an outer beaded border. The overall composition is compact and typical of hammered billon pfennigs of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Fribourg's billon pfennig of this period circulated during the city's decades of tightest political alignment with the Swiss Confederacy — it had joined as a full member only in 1481, after the brief but disruptive Burgundian Wars left the region's currency fragmented and local minting authority reasserted almost immediately afterward. Small billon issues like this one filled the gap left by the collapse of Burgundian monetary influence in the western Confederation.