Über zwei bisher unbekannte Halbbatzen des Deutschen Ordens und der Markgrafschaft Brandenburg

Abstract

In 1507 the Upper Swabian towns abandoned their futile resistance to the batzen and began striking the handy four kreuzer pieces themselves in large numbers. In Franconia the consequences became felt when its neighbours followed suit; the decline of Franconian schilling striking around 1515 is probably due in part to competition from the overvalued batzen. The hoard of Obermichelbach, buried about 1515, contained only two Bavarian half batzen among 570 groschen-like pieces; five years later the mint day at Forchheim made resistance its chief item, but the matter was already decided, and the convention broke apart when Nuremberg demanded that the ban be lifted. After 1520 the batzen overran southern Franconia. Eichstätt struck batzen from 1511 as the first Franconian estate, and in 1531 the Teutonic Order and Brandenburg followed.

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Suggested citation

Eichhorn, Hansheiner: Über zwei bisher unbekannte Halbbatzen des Deutschen Ordens und der Markgrafschaft Brandenburg. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 12 (1962), pp. 221–224, Tf.9-10.

Subject tags

Early modern period Hoard Mint history Monetary policy Bavaria Franconia Germany