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4 Schilling
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1758 |
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| Value | 4 Shillings (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | Displayed double-headed imperial eagle with spread wings, each head surmounted by a separate crown, the two heads united beneath a single large imperial crown at the top. On the breast of the eagle appears a circular shield bearing the numeral '4', denoting the denomination. The mintmaster's initials 'JJJ' appear in the lower field beneath the eagle's tail feathers. The circumferential legend 'CIVITATIS IMPERIALIS' runs around the coin in Latin script, affirming Lübeck's status as a Free Imperial City. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lübeck's status as a Free Imperial City gave its mint unusual autonomy deep into the 18th century, even as neighboring territories consolidated under larger powers. The Seven Years' War, which began in 1756, created serious monetary disruption across northern Germany, with many city-states and small states debasing their coinage under war pressure. Lübeck largely held its silver standard, making its 1758 output notable precisely for what it didn't do.
KM#174 is a short-lived type within the Lübeck schilling sequence.