1 Pfennig - Bernard I

1 Pfennig - Bernard I - obverse

Obverse © Emporium Hamburg

Features

Issuer City of Strasbourg (French States)
Period Free city
Margrave Bernard I (Bernhard I) (1391-1431)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1409-1431
Value 1 Pfennig
Currency Pfennig
Composition Silver
Weight 0.34 g
Diameter 16.00 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
107069
References Wielandt Breis.# 30b,
Friedrich Wielandt; 1976. Der Breisgauer Pfennig und seine Münzstätten : ein Beitrag zur Münz- und Geldgeschichte des Alemannenlandes im Mittelalter. Braun, Karlsruhe, Germany.
E&L# 344,
Arthur Engel, Ernest Lehr; 1887. Numismatique de l'Alsace. Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
Berstett E# 190
August Freiherr von Berstett; 1840. Versuch einer Münzgeschichte des Elsasses. Emmerlib, Freiburg, Grand Duchy of Baden.

Obverse

Baden shielded arms with BP (Bernhard Pforzheim) above within beaded circle, dot on the sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering: RP

Reverse

Blank.

Mint

Strasbourg, France (?-1870)

Comments

If these types of coins were indeed minted during the reign of Bernard I (1372-1431), it was for the benefit of the city of Strasbourg, just as the Offenburg mint and other imperial mints in the Ortenau region had done.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1409-1431) 

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