1 Schilling - Wolter von Plettenberg Riga; bumpy bottom with indented top

Features

Issuer	Livonian Order (Livonian Confederation)
Master	Walter of Plettenberg (1494-1535)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1534
Value	1 Schilling
Currency	Schilling (1422-1561)
Composition	Billon (.1875 silver)
Weight	1.09 g
Diameter	18 mm
Thickness	0.7 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 152405
References	Haljak II# 268b Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes). , Fed# 470 Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.

Obverse

Bumpy shield with left half shaded over cross that divides the surrounding legend into four sections.

Script: Latin

Lettering: WO · D - PLET - MAG - LIVO -

Translation:
Wolter De Plettenberg Magistri Livoniae
Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of Livonia

Reverse

Crossed keys surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONE · NO · RIGENSIS · 1534 ·

Translation:
Moneta Nova Rigensis
New coin of Riga

Edge

Plain

Mint

Riga, Latvia (1211-1707)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1534

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