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2 Schillings
| Issuer | Wismar, City of |
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| Year | 1563 |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Obverse lettering | MONE NOVE WISM ARIE (Translation: New coinage of Wismar) |
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| Mintage | 1563 - (15)63 |
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Wismar's civic coinage of the mid-sixteenth century was produced under the city's status as a relatively prosperous Hanseatic trading port, where local minting rights allowed municipal authorities to issue silver independently of territorial princes. By 1563, that autonomy was already under pressure — the Duchy of Mecklenburg repeatedly contested Wismar's coinage privileges throughout this period, a friction that would intensify until Sweden absorbed the city in 1648.
Kunzel 78 is the standard reference for this type; MB 58 cross-references consistently without cataloguing additional die varieties.