1 Schilling - Hermann von Brüggeneye Reval

Hermann von Brüggeneye served as Master of the Livonian Order from 1535 until his death in 1549, governing a branch increasingly isolated from its parent Teutonic Order and under mounting pressure from both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Archbishopric of Riga. This schilling was struck at Reval — modern Tallinn — during the first two years of his mastership, a mint that had operated under Order authority since the thirteenth century. The billon content reflects the broader degradation of Baltic coinage in this period, as the Order's finances were strained well before the catastrophic Livonian War of 1558 finally dismantled its political structure entirely.