Feline guilder
The inferior gold gulden of the Count Palatine and Elector Ludwig III was sold with Katzengulden . (1410–1436) designated by the Palatinate .
The mock name is explained by the Palatinate heraldic lion on the reverse of the coin.
On July 13, 1415, the city of Constance called a meeting “because of the guldin” for the ten most important cities around Lake Constance .
In 1458 the coin was mentioned in the list of collected indulgences in Königsberg .
literature
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 139.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich von Schrötter: Dictionary of coinage. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1970, p. 301.
- ^ AR Gebser, EA Hagen: The cathedral at Königsberg in Prussia. History of the cathedral church in Königsberg and the diocese of Samland, with a detailed description of the Reformation in the Duchy of Prussia. Volume 1, Hartungsche Hofbuchdruckerei, Königsberg 1835, p. 191.