W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

Catalogue of European Mints 1 1 7
Kremnitz, or Kormocz Banya, Transylvania, a mint of the early Kings
of Hungary, 1 6th- 1 7th c.,
and of the Waiwodes or Princes of
or Transylvania
Stebenburgen in the I7th c. There is a \ thaler of Lladislaus I., 1506,
with his titles and a shield of eight quarters on obv., and on rev. S. Lladislaus
on horseback, from this place of coinage.
Kroeben, Posen, a Polish mint in the I3th c.
Kroepelin, Mecklenburgh - Schwerin, perhaps, with Marlov, the
earliest mint of the Dukes of M., as both are cited in an instrument
of 1325.
Kroppenstadt, a mint of the Abbey of Corvey in Minden, Prussia.
Krossen, Poland, apparently the source of a grosch of Joachim and
Albrecht, Margraves of Brandenburgh, 1512.
Kuinre, W. Friesland, probably the mint of the Seigneurs of Kuinre
in the I3th c. Sch., Cat. ix. 218-21 xv. ; 749-54. The earliest appear to
have borne no name of ruler or lord, and have only Moneta Kvenri. On
a denier of John, early I4th he c., styles himself Miles de Cuinre. There
were the denier and gros. We have not met with higher values or with
gold.
Kyburg, Canton of Zurich, a seat of seigniorial coinage from 1328.
The Counts also struck money with their arms at Diessenhofen, Burgdorf,
and Wanzin.
Laibach, Carniola, a mint of the Dukes of Carniola or Krain, and of
the Emperors of Austria for the province.
Landau, Alsace, issued money of necessity in 1702. Blanchet. Also
during the siege of 1713 pieces of 2 florins 8 kreutzer, the \ and the \.
Landegg, Hesse, a mint of the Abbey of Corvey, in Minden, Prussia,
1
3th c.
Landskrone, a Danish mint, i6th c. Lans. Kr. There are coins of
1525, struck by Soren Norby, with the lamb of Gothland, or with three
lions, and the reading Severin S. Norby.
Langres, Haute -Marne, a mint of the Bishops, in accord with the
to the
Carlovingian princes and the Dukes of Burgundy, from the gth
1
3th c. Lingonis Urbs or Civitas.
Laon, a Carlovingian mint of early origin, and probably of episcopal
ownership, although, as usual, the name of the sovereign is added, doubtless
to impart authority and weight to the coinage. Bishop Gaudric
(1106-12), however, acquired very bad repute by suffering his Flemish
mint-master Thierri to bring bad metal from his own country, and place
the bishop's name and crozier on pieces of such low alloy that nothing
worse, it was said, had ever been seen. This state of things was not
peculiar to Gaudric or to Laon. It was a general abuse and we
; perceive
that a normal stratagem on the part of minor feudatories, secular
and clerical alike, was to melt down the regal money and recoin it with
a plentiful admixture of alloy. Laudunensis.
Laon, a mint of the Kings of Austrasia. La Clav.
L Argentine, Viviers, the name of the place where the Bishop of V.
received from Philip le Bel, in 1293, permission to strike money.
It is
described as a chateau, but, as elsewhere, was perhaps the tower where
the mint lay.
Laroche, Luxemburgh, a mint of Wenceslas II., Duke of L., 1383-88.
Welsfeil.
La Rochelle, an Anglo-Gallic mint and one of Charles VII. of France,
both before and after his accession in 1422, as Duke of Aquitaine ; of