½ Mark - Heinrich von Galen and William of Brandenburg Riga; detached crosses

Features

Issuer	Livonia and Riga (Livonian Confederation)
Master	Henry of Galen (Heinrich von Galen) (1551-1557)
Archbishop	William of Brandenburg (Wilhelm von Brandenburg) (1539-1563)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1553-1555
Value	½ Mark = 18 Schilling
Currency	Schilling (1500-1561)
Composition	Silver (.578)
Weight	5.31 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 140208
References	Haljak II# 425 Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes). , Fed# 421 Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia. , Neum Orden# 264 Erich Neumann; 1995. Die Münzen des Deutschen Ordens in Preussen, Livland und Mergentheim, deren weltliche Nachfolger die Herzogtümer Preussen, Livland und Kurland sowie die Gepräge der baltischen Geistlickkeit: ca. 1219-1801 = Coins of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, Livonia and Mergentheim, their secular successors – the duchies of Prussia, Livonia and Courland, as well as coins of the Baltic clergy (2^nd Edition). Self-published, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Obverse

Four-sectioned shield with crosses not connected to border, all separating the date and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HINRICVS · DE · GALE · D : O · M · LIVON ·
5 - 3

Translation:
Heinrich De Galen Divina Ordinatione Magistri Livoniae
Heinrich von Galen, by the Divine Ordination, Master of Livonia

Reverse

Four-sectioned shield surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENS · MAR · D · BR ·

Translation:
Wilhelm Dei Gratia Archi Episcopus Rigensis Marchio De Brandenburgensis
Wilhelm, with God's grace, Arch-bishop of Riga and Margrave of Brandenburg

Edge

Plain

Mint

Riga, Latvia (1211-1707)

Comments

This coin was minted as a joint coinage between the Livonian Order and the Archbishopric of Riga.

The exact waviness of the reverse shield's outline may vary, and the exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

1553:
1) WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENSIS · MAR · D · BR · / HINRICVS · DE · GALEN · D · O · M · LIVONI
2) WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENSIS · MAR · B · / HINRICVS · DE · GALEN · D · O · M · LIVONIE
3) WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENS · MAR · D · BR · / HINRICVS · DE · GALE · D · O · M · LIVON
4) WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENS · MAR · D · B · / HINRICVS · DE · GALE · D · O · M · LIVONIE

1555:
1) WILHELM · D · G · ARC · E · RIGENSIS · MA · BR · / HINRICVS · DE · GALE · D · O · M · LIVONIE

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1553												(15)53
1555												(15)55

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Actual silver weight: 0.099 oz

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