Penny of Albert of Mecklenburg

A penny of Albert of Mecklenburg, coined in the 1370s or 1380s. In the Middle Ages, small coins were made in Sweden from thin pieces of silver (bractea in Latin), which is why they are now called bracteates. The coins were so thin that they could only be coined on one side. The crowned head on the coin suggests that it was coined in Stockholm. The picture depicts the king, but Albert himself did not necessarily look like this at all. The symbols of other mints were crowned letters.

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