Thin penny

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So-called. Thin penny , 11th century, imperial mint Magdeburg

A thin penny or half bracteate is a particularly thin denarius or penny minted on both sides .

Thin pennies first appeared in the 9th century under Karlmann in Milan . They were particularly widespread in central and southern Germany and Switzerland in the 11th and first half of the 12th century and are therefore mostly considered to be the forerunners of the bracteates ; hence their name half-bracteates . However, some researchers believe they should be given greater autonomy. The average weight of the thin pennies (0.44 g in the discovery of Steckborn in 1883) corresponded roughly to that of the other contemporary denarii, which is why the diameter was significantly larger (up to about 26 mm). Because of the thinness of the silver sheet, the embossing on one side struck through on the other, which means that the design of the coin is usually difficult to recognize.

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  1. ↑ a b c Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter (ed.): Dictionary der Münzkunde , Berlin, Leipzig 1930, p. 165f.
  2. ↑ a b Helmut Kahnt: The great coin lexicon from A to Z , Regenstauf 2005, ISBN 978-3-89441-550-1 . P. 109.
  3. ^ So Bernd Kluge , according to Kahnt 2005, p. 109.
  4. ↑ A treasure find with around 600 thin pennies, which must have been hidden in the middle of the 12th century (C.-F. Trachsel: Semi-bractéates inédites suisses et souabes du X., du XI. Et du XII. Siècle, retrouvées en 1883 , (Trouvaille de Steckborn), Lausanne 1884; Hans-Ulrich Geiger: Zum Münzschatz von Steckborn. Paradigm of numismatic work and its position in the museum . In: Zeitschr. F. Schweiz. Aräologie und Kunstgeschichte 38, 1981, pp. 260–265 .)