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1 Schilling - Magnus Arensburg; four-sectioned shield

Features

Issuer Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek (Danish Estonia)
Bishop Magnus (1560-1568)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1564
Value 1 Schilling
Currency Schilling (1560-1568)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.98 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
139567
References Haljak II# 726
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).
, Fed# 98
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.
, Neumann Baltic# 413
Erich Neumann; 1997. Die Münzen der westpreußischen und baltischen Städte unter polnischer bzw. schwedischer Oberhoheit = The Coins of the West Prussian and Baltic cities under Polish and Swedish Sovereignty. Self-published, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Obverse

Shield separating date and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MAG : D : G : EPS : O : C : RE :
6 - 4

Translation:
Magnus Dei Gratia Episcopus Osiliensis Couroniae et Revaliensis
Magnus, with God's grace, Bishop of Ösel, Courland, and Reval

Reverse

Eagle surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MO : NO : ARNSBVRG

Translation:
Moneta Nova Arensburg
New coin of Arensburg

Edge

Plain

Mint

Arensburg, modern-day Kuressaare, Estonia

Comments

The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

1) MAG : D : G : EPS : O : CV : RE : / MO : NO : ARNSBVRG
2) MAG : D : G : EPS : O : C : RE : / MO : NO : ARNSBVRG
3) MAG : D : G : EPS : O : C : R : / MO : NO : ARNSBVRG

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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