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Pfennig - Eberhard V, Ulrich V and Christian Jagdhornpfennig
| Issuer | County of Württemberg |
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| Year | 1478-1480 |
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| Weight | 0.31 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a crescent or hunting horn device rendered in relief, adorned with a cluster of pellets arranged within and around the form, characteristic of the Jagdhornpfennig (hunting horn pfennig) type. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border, itself surrounded by a continuous outer ring of pellets following the irregular flan edge. The composition is bold and stylized, typical of late medieval South German hammered bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. The surfaces display the slightly uneven strike and flan irregularity expected of hand-hammered silver issues of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Württemberg's three-count partition of 1442 left the territory administratively fractured for decades, with Eberhard V, Ulrich V, and their cousin Christian ruling simultaneously under arrangements that made joint coinage both a political necessity and a bureaucratic headache. These small silver issues of 1478–1480 fall within the years immediately preceding the Treaty of Münsingen in 1482, which finally consolidated Württemberg under Eberhard V alone — effectively rendering this shared coinage type obsolete almost as soon as the dies cooled.