Weckeler

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.

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.