1 Pfennig - Frederick III - V Wein - Hausgenossen

1 Pfennig - Frederick III - V (Wein - Hausgenossen) - obverse1 Pfennig - Frederick III - V (Wein - Hausgenossen) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Emperor Frederick III (Friedrich III) (1453-1493)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1462
Value 1 Pfennig
Currency Pfennig (800-1500)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.4 g
Diameter 14 mm
Thickness 0.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
299837

Obverse

Trefoil with Vienna cross/arms in the center surrounded by 3 letters in the lobes

Script: Latin

Lettering:
H - Hausgenossen (the minters that replaced the Wein-Neustadt)
W - for Wien (Vienna)
T - for Teschler, Nicholas (the man Emperor Friedrich asked to run the new mint)

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Smooth.

Comments

(sic) ...The imperial minters of Wiener Neustadt and Graz had defected abroad, and Albert VI’s minter had disappeared. Under the pressure of the guilds, Emperor Frederick III decided to stop minting pfennigs. He charged Niclas Teschler, a wealthy burgher from Vienna, and the Hausgenossen guild with minting a better pfennig...
Source: Oesterreichische Nationalbank: History of Austrian Money (Archived)

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