Place (numismatics)
Place is an old name for the quarter of a coin of a higher value currency. For example, it applied to a quarter of a thaler or cruiser . Other names for the place were also Örtje or Örtchen.
Place in different currency
Until around the year 1200, it was used to describe the quarter of a denarius, later by name (the place, Reichsort, Ortstaler) a quarter of a Reichstaler. But the rating also differed from city to city. In Lübeck the place was a 3/4 mark and in Cologne the name was for ½ Herrengulden or 240 Heller . Denmark had the local crown worth 24 Skillinger and Norway owned the Rigsort or local guilder until 1873, which corresponded to 1/4 guilder. In Zurich they knew the Örtli or Vierbätzler (10 Schilling ) and in Mecklenburg the Ortgroschen, which was worth 3 Pfennig at that time.
literature
- Heinz Fengler: Lexicon Numismatics. transpress publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00220-1