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Pfennig - Albert VI
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1458-1463 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Austrian barry shield, rendered in low relief characteristic of mid-15th century hammered coinage, flanked on three sides by the uncial letters A, L, and T arranged within the lobes of a trefoil. The shield bears horizontal barry lines denoting the arms of Austria. The overall composition is contained within a roughly circular, irregular flan typical of hand-struck medieval pfennige. No surrounding legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1458-1463) |
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Albert VI held Austria in a state of near-constant financial exhaustion, fighting his brother Frederick III for territorial control throughout the late 1450s and early 1460s. The coinage of this period reflects that instability — small silver issues struck to meet immediate fiscal demands rather than any coherent monetary policy. Albert finally secured Lower Austria in 1458 but died in 1463, reportedly of plague, leaving no male heir and ending the Albertine line's direct hold on the duchy.