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Pfennig - Leopold IV
| Issuer | Zofingen, City of |
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| Year | 1395-1411 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | A stylized crown adorned with peacock tail feathers rendered in high relief, the arched form surmounted by a cluster of globules representing the feather plumes. The crown's base is flanked by additional pellets at each side, characteristic of the bracteate-related pfennig coinage of the Swiss Confederation period. The design is centrally positioned within the broad, irregularly shaped flan, with no legend or border present. The execution is typical of late medieval hammered coinage from the Swiss urban mints, emphasizing bold graphic simplicity over fine engraving. |
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| Mintage | ND (1395-1411) |
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Zofingen's brief window of independent coinage authority was a direct consequence of Habsburg territorial fragmentation in the late 14th century, when the city leveraged political ambiguity to exercise minting rights it would not hold for long. The Confederation's consolidating pressure eventually closed off such municipal prerogatives across the Aargau region.