which fully deserves his rank of "Numista Section".
It is a plea for Reckheim to finally reach its rank of "Section" in the Holy Numista Circle
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995ef10c1d36.jpg)
In order to introduce the County of Reckheim, lets quote the « General dictionary of Hiftorical and Critical » of Bayle :
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995efe96d3be.png)
Reckheim, with its magnificent castle
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f05e03c42.png)
More recently, wiki reports Reckheim as part of the Westphalian circle.
Reckheim was a county belonging to the "Circle of Wesphalia" which got the right for coinage.
And we’ll discover that they have made extensive use of this right.
There are very few coins of Reckheim on Numista
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f0c3bf850.png)
The first coin is a Duit that you might identify as from Frisia
![](https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/provinces-unies/g628.jpg)
![](https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/provinces-unies/g627.jpg)
But the genuine Duit from Frisia is slightly different …
![](http://www.duiten.nl/fotos/fri%20duit%201619.jpg)
The second is a Liard "FERDIN ET ELISABETH" looking like a Spanish Netherlands coin
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f1ba94c99.jpg)
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f1c682e45.jpg)
When the genuine Liard from Albert and Elizabeth was … slightly different
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f45285a7d.jpg)
![](https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5995f42608fb4.jpg)
You’ve understood
![:D](https://en.numista.com/forum/smileys/souriant.gif)
This Holy Roman Empire county was specialized in counterfeiting currencies of its neighbors (Spanish Netherlands, United Provinces, Liege)
And when you get one on these coins, it’s not so easy to find out from where it comes. In this case, the « Coin identification forum » was helpfull
All the voluminous coinage of Reckheim is described in the reference web site : « Coinage of Reckheim »
There is no reason to spread out Reckheim coinage in the lists of all neighbouring countries in Numista.
In order to get an historical understanding of these coins, it might be wise to gather them in a HRE german state named:
The County of Reckheim