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1 Ferding - Wolter von Plettenberg Reval, flat top, curved shield
| Issuer | Livonian Order |
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| Year | 1528-1534 |
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| Currency | Schilling (1422-1561) |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross pattée centered within a flat-topped, curved heraldic shield, the date appearing below the shield in the field. The shield is set against a plain field and enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A continuous Latin legend in uncial characters surrounds the entire design, identifying the issuing city of Reval and the nature of the coin. The overall composition is typical of Livonian hammered silver coinage of the early sixteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA · NO · REVALIE · 1530 (Translation: Moneta Nova Revaliensis — New coin of Reval) |
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Wolter von Plettenberg ruled the Livonian Order for an extraordinary 51 years, and by the time these ferdings were struck he had already secured his most celebrated achievement — the 1502 victory at Lake Smolina that halted Muscovite expansion into Livonia for a generation. The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I elevated him to the rank of Imperial Prince in 1530, making him the only Livonian Master ever to hold that dignity, and coins struck during this late period of his mastership carry the political weight of that recognition.
The Reval mint attribution and the "flat top, curved shield" designation distinguish this from closely related ferding varieties catalogued by Haljak — a distinction that matters for type completeness.