Mint Association
A coinage was since the 14th century known association of various owners of the RIGHT TO MINT COINAGE ( Coin Lords ) to arrange and control of a common monetary standard . Coin associations are often constituted through a coin agreement .
In the late Middle Ages , the development of economic conditions and corresponding trade interests made it necessary to have larger territories in which the same coins were accepted, initially in the Rhine, Moselle and Main regions and later in the entire Holy Roman Empire . The peace in the country, which was necessary to safeguard commercial interests, required not only the mint associations but also the formation of peace alliances . At the beginning of the 16th century, imperial coinage regulations and rural peace circles replaced the coinage associations.
Examples of minting associations
- Coin union between the Rhenish archbishoprics of Trier and Cologne as well as Jülich and Luxembourg (1348)
- Wendish Mint Association (1379)
- Rheinischer Münzverein (founded 1386)
- Wendish Mint Association (1379–1572)
- Munich Coin Convention (Mint Association of Southern German States, 1837)
- German Mint Association (1838–1872)
- Swabian Coin Association (founded in 1423, Riedling Treaty )
- Mainz-Palatinate Pfennig Association (founded in 1424)
See also
literature
- Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress Lexicon Numismatics. Berlin 1976.
- Arthur Suhle: "German coin and money history from the beginnings to the 15th century." Berlin 1974.
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1986, licensed edition Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 391 f.