Legend (numismatics)

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The term legend or coin inscription refers to the inscription of a coin in numismatics , which can be on the edge of the coin ( marginal writing ) or on the coin ( inscription ). Running the label around the edge, but on the Münzfeld, one speaks of an inscription . While information on the face value , the year of issue, the mint and the engraver can be found on the front or back of the coin , there are often symbolic inscriptions on the edge. For example, on the 2 DM and 5 DM coins as well as on the German 2 euro coins, the first line of the German national anthem reads: “Unity and Law and Freedom”.

particularities

  • A special feature is the legend on the back of the Corona Danica . The lower part became the coin name, the upper part was reinterpreted.
  • In the case of the medieval Saxon pennies, there is usually a false script or only lines instead of a romanization.
  • The legend indicates the origin of the gold on river gold ducats .
  • On thalers from the 16th and 17th centuries one can sometimes find the abbreviation ꝰ ( Unicode U + A770 modifier letter us ) for “us”, for example “IO (hannes): - FRIDERICꝰ” in the Latin transcription Eight Brothers Talers .
  • In the romanization of the thaler mainly from the 16th century, the addition F (ieri) F (ecit) occurs, for example AVGVSTVS • D (ux) • SAXO (niae) / ELECTOR • & c / • F (ieri) • F ( ecit) on the thaler on the capture of Gotha (1567) . That means "let make (this coin)".
  • In the inscription on the front of the truth thaler and the mosquito thaler , letters are appended to the legend with the title of the prince, which, when dissolved, result in his motto.
  • The forms H and II were used for the letter M on the late medieval horn groschen .

Web links

Wiktionary: legend  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Kahnt: Das große Münzlexikon from A to Z , Regenstauf 2005, p. 78
  2. ^ Michael Everson et al: Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS. (PDF; 3.8 MB) ISO / IEC JTC1 / SC2 / WG2, January 30, 2006, p. 6 , accessed on January 30, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Helmut Kahnt: Das große Münzlexikon from A to Z , Regenstauf 2005, p. 131