Add Goldberg (or Złotoryja), City of [solved]

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This message aims at: requesting the creation or the modification of an issuer in the catalogue

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A town in Silesia that minted during the 30 Years War.

 

 

Coin example here.

Not always the best source, but in Wikipedia I read this:  

In 1526 the town together with the rest of the Bohemian crown land of Silesia came under the suzerainty of the Austrian House of Habsburg. It remained part of the Piast-ruled Duchy of Legnica until 1675.

Which makes me think it could be set up as a mint in the Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg.

 

But then: To help rebuild the town, in 1621 the duke of Legnica granted the right to mint coins, a privilege the town enjoyed for two years.

which sounds more like the town would be its own ruling authority.

 

So I will mark this as “Started” and see if there is a consensus on which way to proceed.

Status changed to Started (tdziemia, 26 Dec 2023, 03:55)

If they had their own minting right, I think that should be an issuer.

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I agree (when I said “its own ruling authority,” I meant “issuing authority”… sorry for any confusion).

I will set it up like this(Bohemia > Silesia > Goldberg, Town of ) and with Zlotoryja as local version of the mint name.

Done.

 

Issuer is Goldberg, Town of (as we have our Silesia place names in German)

Mint is Złotoryja (as we have our mint database structured with current place names)

Status changed to Done (tdziemia, 27 Dec 2023, 18:00)

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