Wendentaler
The Wendentaler was a currency minted in Lüneburg from 1541 , which showed the six coats of arms of the Wendish cities.
This included the Rostock and Stralsund coats of arms . The coin was adorned with the inscription “Statutus duarum Marcarum Lubicensis” , d. H. "Fixing two Mark Lübisch" . Their value was 2 marks = 28.70 g.
This mark minted by the Hanseatic League as part of the Wendish Mint Association was preserved until 1550 . After that, they released the thaler coinage from. Nevertheless, the mark remained in the North Sea region until the 17th century as a unit of account of 16 schillings .
In 1975 there was a special minting as a silver medal , with the coats of arms of Lübeck , Hamburg and Lüneburg on the front , writing in a double notch circle, on the back the arms of Wismar , Rostock and Stralsund, writing in a double notch circle, 42 mm, 24 g PP, showed.
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur Suhle: Kultur-Geschichte der Münzen, Battenberg: München 1969, p. 146.