
Start your collection of medieval coins today! Introductory literature: Immerse yourself in the ever-changing coin images of the Middle Ages in the time of Charlemagne (768-814), the Spanish Reconquista (711-1492), the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa (1152-1190), and the Hundred Years’ War between England and France (1337-1453)! There emerged differentiated currency systems with a great diversity of currencies, types and coins. “gros tournois”) these denominations also reached northern Europe in the Middle Ages, where they were imitated in the periods which followed. Together with larger silver coin types like the groat or groschen (Fr. In the Italian “trade republics” of Florence, Genoa and Venice, due to the demand for larger currencies, the denominations florin, genovino and ducat (orig. In the 13th century, gold returned to the mints of the Middle Ages. The collector of medieval coins thus gains access to numerous subject areas.ĭeutsches Reich / Halberstadt. The award of minting rights for coins by medieval rulers to clerical (bishoprics and monasteries) and secular (duchies and counties) institutions led, particularly in territories of the German Empire, to a large number of mints (at some points more than 400).

In the Staufer period (12th and 13th century) the denarius was minted in central Germany as a large one-sided hollow penny (brakteat) in a highly artistic quality with, in some cases, impressive coin images. These coins were minted in much of Europe (Germany = pfennig, England = penny, France = denier and Italy = denaro) in a variety of types. With the coinage reform which he carried out in 800, Charlemagne (768-814) reorganized the Frankish monetary policy of the Great Migration period and created a new system which would, by and large, remain in effect - in its essential aspects - for the next 500 years: the only denomination in the currency became the silver denarius, which was to be the 240th part of one pfund (around 400 g). Members from this site want to exchange it: besouxmax, albert1er, Deimos, clarkrd, martende, rupps, Minds, gringo.l, robinstit, Sleepybird, lhillman, bialy642009, Tharos, gianluca4, CaipiraKid, remss, Napoleon1, GreatCoins, Tuomas, cycykoko, turin,. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%. Numista does not buy or sell coins or banknotes.įrequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin.

They serve as an indication only they are not intended to be relied upon for buying, selling or exchanging. They are based on evaluations by Numista users and sales realized on Internet platforms. Values in the table above are expressed in UAH. Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection. Staatliche Münze Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe, Germany (1827-date) Staatliche Münze Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany (1374-date)

End and beginning of legend separate by floral design.Ĭommon Good Takes Priority over Self-interest Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.Īn eagle holding a wreath of oak leaves above the swastika in the middle of the wreath, denomination on the sides.Ī large portrait of Paul von Hindenburg facing right with the mintmark between Hindenburg's neck and '1847', legend around.
