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1 Ferding Reval countermark

1 Ferding (Reval countermark) - obverse1 Ferding (Reval countermark) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Livonian Order (Livonian Confederation)
Master Walter of Plettenberg (1494-1535)
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Years 1530-1534
Value 1 Ferding = 12 Schilling
Currency Schilling (1422-1561)
Composition Silver (.930)
Weight 2.46 g
Diameter 24.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Countermarked
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
143419
References Haljak II# 87b
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).

Obverse

Cross in shield, under date, and surrounded by legend, all with countermark of shield with cross in field.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
MONETA · NOVA : REVALIE ·
1515

Lettering (regular font):
MONETA · NOVA : REVALIE ·
1515

Unabridged legend: Moneta Nova Revaliensis

Translation: New coin of Reval.

Reverse

Person above four-sectioned shield holding child to the right, all surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: CONSERVA · NOS · DNA ·

Lettering (regular font): CONSERVA · NOS · DNA ·

Unabridged legend: Conserva Noster Domina

Translation: Save us, Lady.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Reval, modern-day Tallinn, Estonia

Comments

The host coin for the countermark is a 1 Ferding piece from the Livonian Order, minted in Reval. The latest known date is 1534, which was probably the date the host coins were countermarked. Even so, some could have also been marked a few years earlier.

The Bishopric of Dorpat also struck their own countermarks onto these coins.

In 1525, when the silver purity of the schillings was decreased, the ferdings increased in value. Before, 1 Ferding = 9 Schilling; after, 1 Ferding = 12 Schilling. The countermark was used to show the increase of the value of the ferdings.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1530-1534)  Host coin dated 1515

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Actual silver weight: 0.074 oz
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