Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2581771
Area
Coins
Title
Reckheim 1 duit 1644
Country
Currency
Year
1644
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
Diameter
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Tulpenkrans met daarin in vier regels FRI. / .CIR / 1644 / .
Reverse
Ongekroond wapenschild met twee gaande leeuwen boven elkaar. Krulversiering aan boven en zijkant en puntjes aan onderkant
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Schön
Catalogue number
Details

Struck at Reckheim (today Rekem, Lanaken, Limburg, Belgium) in 1644. Reckheim had the right to mint coins, but used inferior metal or less weight for the coins. The coins were made to resemble coins from other provinces or cities, because the many illiterate people couldn't tell the difference anyway. This resembles a coin from Friesland (FRISIA) and has the text FRICIR (Ferdinandus Romanorum Imperator Cometatus Imperialis Reckheimensis) and on the other side has a coat of arms that resembles that of Friesland. Because of the great resemblance, people continued to use these coins, if coins clearly came from Reckheim, people would not accept these coins.

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