1 Skilling - Søren Norby Visby

1 Skilling - Søren Norby (Visby) - obverse1 Skilling - Søren Norby (Visby) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Gotland (Sweden)
Governor Søren Norby (1517-1525)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1524-1525
Value 1 Skilling
Currency Skilling (1448-1565)
Composition Silver
Weight 4.06 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
149767
References Hauberg# 125
Peter Christian Hauberg; 1891. Gullands Myntvæsen. Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Obverse

Shield with half-band surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: SEVERIN · NORBI

Lettering (regular font): SEVERIN · NORBI

Translation: Søren Norby

Engraver: Søren Norby

Reverse

Three lions stacked in crowned shield over cross that divides the surrounding legend into four sections.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: MO · NO - WISB - ICEN - 1524

Lettering (regular font): MO · NO - WISB - ICEN - 1524

Unabridged legend: Moneta Nova Wisbycensis.

Translation: New coinage of Visby.

Engraver: Søren Norby

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Visby, Sweden

Comments

While Søren Norby was not a king, he was the one who struck the coin, and he struck it in his own name.

The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.

1524:
1) SEVERIN · NORBI / MO · NO - VA · WI - SBIC - 1524
2) SEVERIN · NORBI / MO · NO - WISB - ICEN - 1524

1525:
1) SEVERIN · NORBI / MO · NO - WISB - ICEN - 15Z5

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1524 
1525  15Z5

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