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1 Ferding

1 Ferding - obverse1 Ferding - reverse

© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück und Lübke + Wiedemann KG, Leonberg

Features

Issuer Free city of Riga (Livonian Confederation)
Period Free city (1563-1579)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1564-1568 (1564-1569)
Value 1 Ferding = 9 Schilling
Currency Schilling (1561-1581)
Composition Billon (.4375 silver)
Weight 2.75 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
44711
References Fed# 580
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.
, Neumann Baltic# 7
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.
, HaljakLiv# 15-26
Gunnar Haljak; 2002. Liivimaa Mündid: Riia Vabalinna ja Poola-Leedu kuningate aegsed liivima = Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia.

Obverse

Castle under crossed keys surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN

Translation:
Civitatis Rigensis
City of Riga

Reverse

Crossed keys under cross surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONETA · NOVA · ARGE · 64 ·

Translation:
Moneta Nova Argentea
New silver coin

Edge

Plain

Mint

Riga, Latvia (1211-1707)

Comments

Coins from 1564 and 1565 have the date at the end of the reverse legend; all other years have the dates separated by the crossed keys.

The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

No date:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGE / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTE

1564:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGE · 64 ·

1565:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTE

1566:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTEA
2) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTE

1567:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTE

1568:
1) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGENT
2) CIVITA - TIS - RIGEN / MONETA · NOVA · ARGE

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1564  (15)64 21%
ND (1564-1569)  Probably made in 1569 7%
1565  (15)65 36%
1566  (15)66 29%
1567  (15)67 7%
1568  (15)68 7%

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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Numista Rarity index: 85 Search tips
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Bullion value: USD 2.81 Search tips
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Actual billon weight: 0.039 oz
Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz

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