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1 Duit TRANSMOSA
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckheim |
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| Year | 1606-1635 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | TRA NSMOSA A.I. (Translation: Over the Maas (river) in Reckheim.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Reckheim was a tiny Imperial lordship on the Meuse, perpetually overshadowed by its larger neighbors Liège and the Spanish Netherlands. Its right to strike copper small change was jealously exercised precisely because such issues were locally useful and difficult for larger powers to suppress outright. The duit was the workhorse denomination of the Low Countries region, and Reckheim's version circulated well beyond its narrow borders — a recurring irritant to Liège, which complained repeatedly about the flood of foreign copper into its markets.
The TRANSMOSA designation identifies pieces struck across the Meuse, distinguishing them from issues produced on the opposite bank.