Palatine Weckeler (Schüsselpfennig)

The Weckeler, also called a Weckelerpfennig, is a one-sided silver Palatine pfennig coin of the 14th and 15th century, which was also called the Wegkpfennig in the local dialect. It occurs both as a Schüsselpfennig and as a non-domed, planar coin. The pfennigs were given their contemporary name after their image, a lozenged coat of arms.[1][2]

This pfennig, with its ring of pearls around a central lozenged shield or just a lozenge without a shield, developed into the bowl-shaped Schüsselpfennig in the 15th century. The Weckeler was struck on one side only using a coin die smaller than the actual planchet. The force of the die stamp caused the perimeter of the planchet to curve upwards to a greater or lesser extent.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fengler et al. (1976) pp. 306, 415
  2. ↑ Kahnt (2005), p. 519
  3. ↑ Von Schrötter (1930), p. 615

Literature

  • Helmut Kahnt: Das große Münzlexikon von A bis Z., Regenstauf 2005
  • Heinz Fengler, Gerd Gierow, Willy Unger: transpress Lexikon Numismatik, Berlin 1976
  • Friedrich von Schrötter (ed.), with N. Bauer, K. Regling, A. Suhle, R. Vasmer, J. Wilcke (1970) [reprint of the original 1930 edn.] Wörterbuch der Münzkunde, Berlin: de Gruyter.
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