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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Free Imperial City of Nuremberg (German States) |
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| Year | 1382-1395 |
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| Currency | Schilling (1422-1526) |
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| Reverse description | An imperial eagle displayed facing left, rendered in a schematic, archaic style consistent with late medieval German hammered coinage. The eagle's head is turned sinister, with outstretched wings and splayed talons visible in the field. The design is boldly struck in relief on an irregular, unadorned flan with no surrounding legend or border, reflecting the utilitarian character of small-denomination pfennigs of this era. The overall composition occupies the majority of the central field. |
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| Mint | Nuremberg, Germany |
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Nuremberg's pfennigs of this period were struck under the city's expanding autonomy following Emperor Charles IV's 1356 Golden Bull, which effectively locked in the city's status as a privileged imperial site. The city mint operated with considerable independence by the 1380s, producing bracteate-style pfennigs that circulated primarily within the city's immediate trade networks rather than across broader regional routes.
The Erlanger 41/100 references place this among the documented Nuremberg hälbling and pfennig series catalogued from the municipal collection — thin, fragile strikes prone to cracking at the flan edges, which accounts for the difficulty in finding undamaged survivors today.