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13 Shillings 9 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1568 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1568 |
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The fractional shilling denominations of mid-16th century Lübeck were directly tied to the city's role as the dominant trading hub of the Hanseatic League, where precise small-denomination silver was essential for the settlement of Baltic and North Sea commercial accounts. By 1568, the League itself was in structural decline — Antwerp's rise and growing Dutch competition had already eroded Lübeck's commercial primacy — yet the mint continued producing regionally specific denominations calibrated to local exchange conventions rather than broader imperial standards.
The 13 Schilling 9 Pfennig denomination is awkward by design, reflecting a specific conversion ratio within the Lübeck monetary reckoning system rather than any round-figure convenience.