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¼ Thaler - Gotthard Kettler Wenden

Features

Issuer Livonian Order (Livonian Confederation)
Master Gotthard Kettler (1559-1661)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1559-1560
Value ¼ Thaler
Currency Thaler (1558-1561)
Composition Srebro
Weight 7.85 g
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
140605
References Fed# 568
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.
, Haljak II# 183
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Four-sectioned shield with legend above and date below, all in a square border.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
GM · ZL
6 0

Unabridged legend: Gotthard Magistri Zu Livoniae

Reverse

Puste.Automatically translated

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Mint

Wenden, modern-day Cēsis, Latvia

Comments

(en) 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.
Drawing showing compete details for 1559:

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1559 
1560  (en) (15)6 0

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