¼ Thaler - Wilhelm von Fürstenberg Wenden

Features

Issuer	Livonian Order (Livonian Confederation)
Master	William of Fürstenberg (1557-1559)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1558
Value	¼ Thaler
Currency	Thaler (1558-1561)
Composition	Silver
Weight	8.36 g
Size	24 × 24 mm
Shape	Square (irregular)
Technique	Klippe
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 140604
References	Fed# 555 Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia. , Neum Orden# 275 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 scalloped shield with date above.

Lettering: ·5·8·

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wenden, modern-day Cēsis, Latvia

Comments

This coin was issued as emergency money during the first part of the Livonian War, and did not follow the minting regulations set by the Livonian Order.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1558												(15)58

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