1 Witten

Gnoien was a modest market town in Mecklenburg whose minting activity during the 14th century reflects the broader fragmentation of monetary authority across the north German interior. The Witten was a small silver denomination that circulated widely across the Wendish trading zone, and towns like Gnoien briefly exercised minting rights under arrangements with territorial lords before consolidating reforms eventually curtailed local coinage.

Jesse 319 places this issue within Mecklenburg regional coinage. The precise terminal date of 1378 likely reflects the point at which Gnoien's independent minting ceased under ducal pressure.