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4 Rundstück - Carl XI
| Issuer | Reval, City of |
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| Year | 1667-1669 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the crowned arms of the city of Reval — a quartered shield displaying three walking lions, surmounted by an elaborate royal crown with foliate detailing. The denomination numeral '4' appears to the left of the shield and the mintmark 'R' to the right. The date appears in the legend at the upper left, and the Latin mint inscription runs around the outer margin within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1667 - - 1667 - (1)667 - 1668 - - 1668 - (1)668 - 1669 - - |
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Reval — modern Tallinn — struck these small silver pieces under Swedish Crown authority during Carl XI's minority reign, a period when the city's German-speaking merchant council still exercised considerable autonomy over local monetary matters. The Rundstück denomination itself was peculiar to the Baltic provincial coinage system, bearing no direct equivalent in mainland Swedish currency, and was minted to facilitate petty trade in a port economy that ran on small transactions.
Production ceased after 1669, likely as Swedish centralization pressures tightened following Carl XI's assumption of personal rule.