2 Schillings

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.