Koenigsberg Mint
The Konigsberg mint coined coins to the Teutonic Knights , the Duchy of Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia .
history
In 1261, six years after the founding of the old town (Königsberg) , the Teutonic Order had pennies minted here . In 1309 the coinage stopped. In 1456 it was resumed and continued during the Russian occupation of Königsberg (1759–1762) in the Seven Years' War . It ended in 1803. With the advancing development of the monetary system , not only pennies, but also shillings , groschen , two, three, six and eighteen groschen , thaler , half thaler, double, third, quarter, sixth and twelfth thaler, Silver and gold guilders , ducats and commemorative coins were minted. Dreigröscher was the little Düttchen at that time.
The mint , managed by a mint master , was located near the Königsberg castle pond , where Münzstrasse met Münzplatz. Minters were the grand masters , then the dukes and kings of Prussia . The mint masters marked the coins with their abbreviations until Frederick II (Prussia) gave letters to all Prussian mints. The Koenigsberg coins could be recognized by the letter E.
The tradition of the Königsberg coinage is cultivated by collectors, experts and dealers in exhibitions and purchase offers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Düttchen (Numispedia)
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
literature
- Günther Meinhardt: Coined to Königsberg - a contribution to the coin and monetary history of East Prussia . Rautenberg, Leer 1977
- Oliver Volckart: The coinage policy in the monastic country and Duchy of Prussia from 1370 to 1550 . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-447-03841-1 , digitized