Vinkeye

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Vinke Eyes (Low German Vinkenogen , Latin vincones , parvi denarii slavicales ) even Finke eyes were the smallest from the 13th to the 15th century, especially in Pomerania marked coins called. The origin of the name is not clear, it may be derived from the Latin vincones . Another explanation is that the griffin imprinted on the coins was often viewed as a finch .

The Vinkenaugen were first mentioned in a document in Pomerania in 1279. In the Mark Brandenburg they were mentioned in 1304 and in Mecklenburg in 1357. At times they were the only bill coins in Pomerania . In 1489, Duke Bogislaw X. prohibited the minting of vinke eyes in his coinage system. Nevertheless, they remained in circulation for decades, especially in the Wollin - Cammin area as old Stettin coins .

Smaller quantities of these coins were also produced in Brandenburg and Lausitz as well as by the German Order in East Prussia and Pomerania- Stolp .

The coins were mostly minted (struck) on both sides. The embossing represented a griffin or the head of a griffin. The veined eyes weighed an average of 0.26 grams. The oval shaped pennies had a diameter of up to about 10 millimeters. The silver content was around 195/1000.

In Mecklenburg their value was set at half a Luebian pfennig around 1380. In Pomerania its value was around 1520 at 4 Marks Vinkenaugen for 3 Sundian Marks .

literature

  • Heinz Großkopf: On the history of coins in Western Pomerania . In: Contributions to the history of Western Pomerania: the Demmin Colloquia 1985–1994 . Page 175–178. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 1997, ISBN 3-931185-11-7

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