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1 Ferding - Gotthard Kettler Wenden; bust facing right

Features

Issuer Livonian Order (Livonian Confederation)
Master Gotthard Kettler (1559-1661)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1559
Value 1 Ferding = 9 Schilling
Currency Schilling (1422-1561)
Composition Srebro (.578)
Weight 2.46 g
Diameter 24.5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
138661
References Haljak II# 189
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).
, Neum Orden# 290
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 (2nd Edition). Self-published, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
, Fed# 570
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.

Obverse

Popiersie zwrócone w prawo otoczone legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: D · G · GOTHART · KETLER ·

Reverse

Czterodzielna tarcza oddzielająca datę i otoczona legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: MAG · TEVT · ORD · LIVONES ·

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Mint

Wenden, modern-day Cēsis, Latvia

Comments

(en) Depending on the source, this coin is listed as being minted at Reval, Riga, or Wenden. Because the mint's name is not mentioned in the legend, Wenden is the most likely mint.

The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

1559 (date at the end of obverse legend):
1) D · G · GOTHART · KETLER · 59 · / MAG · TEVT · ORD · LIVONES ·
2) D · G · GOTHART · KETLER · 59 · / MAG · TEVT · ORD · LIVONE ·

1559 (date separated by reverse shield):
1) D · G · GOTHART · KETLER · / MAG · TEVT · ORD · LIVONE ·

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1559  (en) (15)59; Date at the end of obverse legend
1559  (en) (15)59; Date separated by reverse shield

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Bullion value: USD 3.15 Search tips
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Actual srebro weight: 0.046 oz
Current srebro price: 68.90 USD/oz (see silver price )

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