Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Groschen 'Tuin' - John of Heinsberg
| Issuer | Lordship of Schönforst |
|---|---|
| Year | 1422-1433 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 2.9 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A long-shafted cross with footed terminations extends to the inner border, its arms dividing the field into four quadrants, each containing a small heraldic lion passant. The cross is superimposed upon a decorated quatrefoil whose lobed arches are visible between the cross arms, creating an elegant gothic framework typical of Rhenish-Mosan gros coinage. A beaded inner circle separates the central motif from the surrounding legend, which is inscribed in uncial gothic script. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-hammered production. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
John of Heinsberg held the lordship of Schönforst as a vassal of the Duchy of Jülich, and his mint output reflects the broader monetary fragmentation of the lower Rhine corridor during the early fifteenth century — a region so thick with competing small-denomination coinages that the term "tuin" itself became a generic descriptor for base-silver groschen across multiple issuing authorities. His tenure at Schönforst coincided with sustained pressure from larger neighbors to rationalize or suppress minor lordship mints, pressure John largely ignored.
The Menadier reference dates this type firmly within the 1422–1433 window based on die-link analysis with dated documentary sources.