Raitpfennig - George Frederick I

George Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach acquired Jägerndorf through inheritance in 1543 and governed it as a Protestant enclave within largely Catholic Silesia. The Raitpfennig — an accounting token rather than a coin intended for general circulation — was issued for administrative reckoning, specifically for settling accounts at the ducal chamber. Prokisch's Rait#52 places this piece within a documented sequence, though survivors are scarce; accounting tokens were expendable objects, used until worn or lost, and rarely preserved with the care given to struck coinage.