Catalog
1 Körtling
| Issuer | Göttingen, City of |
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| Year | 1429 |
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| Value | 1 Körtling (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | A large Gothic letter 'G' displayed within a decorative polylobed inner circle, the lobes rendered in Gothic architectural style. The central device is surrounded by a beaded border, with an outer legend in Gothic lettering encircling the entire design. The field is plain, and the overall execution is characteristic of late medieval German municipal coinage produced by the hammered technique. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Göttingen's Körtling issues of the early fifteenth century emerged from the city's hard-won minting privileges, exercised aggressively as the town consolidated its position within the Hanseatic League. The Körtling itself — a small regional silver denomination — circulated across Lower Saxony as a practical trading coin, accepted alongside the bracteates and witten of neighboring mints in a system of local monetary agreements called Münzverträge.
Levinson I-24 is among the earlier-documented Göttingen strikes in the series.