Okelpenning
As Okelpenninge or Okelpfennige (lat .: denarios augmentatos ) ( incorrectly also Kelpenning / pfenning ) pennies were designated, which were minted in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Mark Brandenburg and in the Duchy of Pomerania .
The name is derived from the Low German word oken , which means to multiply . In doing so, however, the fine weight was not increased, which corresponded to the silver content of the Vinkeye , but the rough weight increased by doubling the copper content.
In the Mark Brandenburg the okelpfennige were mentioned in a document by Johann V for Salzwedel and Lüchow in 1314 and in a document by Ludwig I of Brandenburg in 1351 . They were minted in Salzwedel, Eberswalde , Berlin and Königsberg in the Mark .
In Pomerania sold Duke Wartislaw IV. 1325 cities Anklam and Greifswald 400 Sundische Mark pennies the Münzgerechtigkeit of the country between Peene and Swine . The cities were allowed to mint Wendish (Sundian) pfennigs for eight years, but then had to strike okelpfennige.
The term "Kelpenning" is an erroneous one and is based on an article by E. Schröder in the Zeitschrift für Numismatik 26, p. 196 ff. It has its origins in a poor copy of the document of Johann V von Brandenburg from July 21, 1314, in which the "O" was forgotten. A better copy of March 16, 1352 in the Secret State Archives in Berlin does not have this error.
literature
- Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress Lexicon Numismatics . 4th edited edition. transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00220-1 , p. 338 .
- Friedrich v. Schrötter (Hrsg.): Dictionary of coinage . de Gruyter, 2nd unchanged. Edition, Berlin 1970 (reprint of the original edition from 1930). ISBN 978-3-11-001227-9
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustav Kratz: The cities of the province of Pomerania . Berlin 1865, p. 5-6 .