The Sundische Mark ( German: Sundische Mark, Mark sundisch ) is a unit of account for coins that have been made in the Free Hanseatic city of Stralsund since 1319 . With the introduction in 1359 of the Lübeck mark on the lands of Pomerania, the Sund mark gradually went out of circulation.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Literature
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
In 1319, Prince Rügen Vislav III granted the right to the Hanseatic city of Stralsund to mint his own coins . The unit of account was the mark, which received the name from the Stralsund Zundisch lands. Initially, the Zunda mark was equal to 16 shillings ( solid ), the shilling was equal to 12 pfennig ( denarii , later denarii were replaced by bratheats ). In December 1325 , after the fall of the Rügen prince’s court, by the Pomeranian Duke Vartislav IV , Stralsund was annexed to the lands of Pomerania-Volgost, and the bratheats were replaced by the eternal Pfennig ( German Ewiger Pfennig ) [1] .
Since 1324, the Cologne mark served as the weight unit for minting coins, and with the advent of the Lübeck stamp, the Sund stamp was completely supplanted (later the chime stamp ). In 1324, 2½ of the Zunda marks were equated to 1 of Cologne, and since 1378, 1,000 Zunda marks have been equal to 660 Lubeck marks. In 1381, Stralsund joined the Venden coinage system . In 1395, the Pomeranian cities of Anklam , Greifswald and Stralsund based on the Lübeck Sechsling ( German Sechsling ) minted the Great Pfennig ( German Großpfennig ). For 12 lots, 144 coins were minted from the brand. The weight of such pfennig was 1.22-1.629 grams [2] . On February 6, 1403, Stralsund joined the agreement on joint minting of the state mark with the cities of Lübeck , Hamburg , Luneburg and Wismar . But Stralsund used the old system of minting coins, using the weight of the Lübeck mark in production. So, the manufacture of Pfennigs went ⅔ Lubeck brand. 6 pfennigs equaled 1 Witten, which contradicted the rules of the agreement and reduced the silver content in coins. In 1406, Stralsund was expelled from the union. But on October 9, 1425, Stralsund was annexed again, since in 1424 the Kingdom of Denmark joined the Venden Union. In 1489, the Duke of Pomerania Boguslav X reorganized the right to mint coins for Pomeranian cities. The exception was Stralsund, in which coins were minted until 1504 with a constant decrease in the composition of precious metals in the coin. Such a decline led to the cessation of the existence of the Zunda brand. The last were minted golden guilders , which were equated to three brands. Since 1504, low-grade coins began to be minted in Rostock [3] .
Literature
- Fabricius, CG Urkunden zur Geschichte des Fürstentums Rügen unter den eingeborenen Fürsten, Stettin 1851
- Hamann, C. "Die Beziehungen Rügens zu von Dänemark 1168 bis zum Aussterben der einheimischen rügischen Dynastie 1325", Greifswald 1933
- Sobietzky, G. "Das Fürstentum Rügen und sein Geldwesen", Stralsund 2005
Notes
- ↑ Heinz Großkopf: Zur Münzgeschichte Vorpommerns . In: Beiträge zur Geschichte Vorpommerns: die Demminer Kolloquien 1985-1994 . Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 1997, ISBN 3-931185-11-7
- ↑ Heinz Fengler, Gerhard Gierow, Willy Unger: Transpress Lexikon Numismatik. 4. bearbeitete auflage. transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00220-1 , S. 166.
- ↑ Heinz Großkopf: Zur Münzgeschichte Vorpommerns. Seite 177
Links
- Welches Geld gab es in Pommern? (German)
- Sunda mark (German)
- OC Gaedichens: Coins and Medals of Hamburg (German)