W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent
W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent
122 The Coins of Europe Lucera, in ancient mint. the Neapolitan territory, 9 miles W.N.W. from Foggia, an Lucerne, Switzerland, the place of coinage for the canton from 1415. Bracteates, plapparts, etc., in early times, and down to the present c. a variety of money, including the pieces of 40 batzen and 4 franken. Liide, orLitgde, Prussian Westphalia, a mint of Conrad, Archbp. of Cologne, 1238. Ludinghausen, Prussia, the name mentioned in 974 in the grant of a mint by Otho II. to the Abbot of Werden. See Werden. Lund, or Liaiden, an early Dano - Swedish mint. Lvd. Lune, Hanover, near Luneburg,a mint of the Counts de la Marck. Liineburg, Brunswick, the seat of a local coinage in the 1 6th c., as well as of the money of the Dukes of Brunswick of the Liineburg branch. There is a doppelschilling = -jV thaler of 16 sols, with the head of St. John the Baptist. The source, during the Thirty Years' War, 1 6 1 8-48, of a gold ducat and silver thalers of 1622, with the name of Duke Christian and the mottoes : Tout avec Dicu, and Gottes Freint und Der Paff. Feindt. Luneville, France, Dept. of Meurthe, a mint of the early Dukes of Lorraine. Several coins of Matthew II. Double thaler of Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Liineburg, 1655. ( 1 2 1 8-5 I ) belong here. Liniuille. Lusignan, Dept. of Vienne, a seat of coinage in lieu of Limoges, i7th c. It was removed hither in 1656-57 from Limoges. Luttingen, Palatinate, the place of origin of an esterlin or sterling of
Catalogue of European Mints 123 Rupert or Rutrecht I. (1353-90), with Monet. Lvddem,and the portrait of the Count facing. On the reverse occurs R-vpertvs Dvx, and a shield of the Bavarian palatinate. Lttxemburgh, capital of the ancient county, afterward duchy and grand-duchy, and a mint of the rulers of this territory from the I2th c. Wenceslas I., Emperor, King of Bohemia, and Duke of L. 1353-83, entered into a convention with 'the See of Treves, as we see that other rulers of L. had done elsewhere, for a common currency, indicated on a gros with the arms of the two powers quartered, and the legend Wincel\ Dvx Et. Boemvd. Archps. Socii. 1st. Monete. F'ce Lvcebvrg. In 1795 a piece of 72 asses was struck here during the siege by the French. Luzille, a mint of the Emperor Charles IV. as Count of Luxemburgh, 1346-53. Lvov, Poland, a mint of Casimir the Great, 1333-70. Lyons, the seat of a mint of the Kings of Burgundy and Austrasia, Pepin, Charlemagne, Charles de Provence, Charles le Chauve, etc., of the German Emperors (as Kings of Burgundy), and of the bishops and archbishops down to 1413, as well as of the Counts of Lyons, who, with those of Feurs and Roanne, held the territory of the See in the loth c. A denier of Conrad I., 911-18, was struck here. The privilege to the archbishops dates from 1157, and this coinage lasted probably until the royal mint was at length transferred, at the end of the I5th c., hither, pursuant to an ordinance of Charles IV. so far back as 1413-14. Several specimens of the money of the Counts of Lyons exist. A denier tournois of Henry IV., 1607, and a piece of 3 deniers of Louis XVI., 1791, belong here. There is money of necessity of 1 793. Comp. Bechevilain. Maccagno, Como, a mint of the Mandelli family, I7th c. There is a gold zecchino, with the titles of the Emperor Ferdinard II. on rev., and on obv. Mon. N. Ai>. lac. B.C. Mac. Com. 7'a. Q.M.F., and the portrait of Giacomo Mandelli. Macerata, States of the Church, 21 miles from Ancona, the place of coinage of the original feudal lords from the I3th c., and of the popes from Boniface IX. to Pius VI. An early grosso bears the standing figure of St. Julian. Macon, a mint of Philip I. of France (1060-1 103), of the Dukes of Burgundy, and of the Valois dynasty down to the end of the I5th c., when it seems to have been removed to Lyons, whither an ordinance of Charles IV., 1413-14, had already directed its transfer. Misconus, Mutiscon, etc. Madrid, the mint of the later Kings of United Spain down to the present time. The money struck for currency in Mexico, South America, and other colonial possessions, with or without the Pillars of Hercules, belongs here for the most part but ; many, as the peso of Ferdinand VII., 1810, coined at Mexico, and that of 1821, coined at Zacatecas, etc., formed an exception. M. crowned. Comp. Mexico. Maele, between Bruges and Ghent, now an insignificant village, but formerly a feudal fortress, and the seat of Louis of Crecy and his son Louis of Maele, Counts of Flanders (1322-84). It was perhaps here, as well as at Bruges, Ghent, or Malines, that his extensive coinage in all metals was struck. Maesijck, Belgium, Prov. of Limbourg, 14 miles S.W. of Ruremonde, a mint of the See of Liege in the i6th A c. \ ernestus of Ernest of Bavaria, 1582, belongs here. Maestricht, or Vroenhof, one of the seats of the Merovingian coinage under the moneyer Adalbertus, who also worked at Utrecht, Durstede,
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122 The Coins <strong>of</strong> Europe<br />
Lucera, in<br />
ancient mint.<br />
<strong>the</strong> Neapolitan territory, 9 miles W.N.W. from Foggia, an<br />
Lucerne, Switzerland, <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> coinage for <strong>the</strong> canton from 1415.<br />
Bracteates, plapparts, etc., in early times, and down to <strong>the</strong> present c.<br />
a variety <strong>of</strong> money, including<br />
<strong>the</strong> pieces <strong>of</strong> 40<br />
batzen and 4 franken.<br />
Liide, orLitgde, Prussian<br />
Westphalia, a mint<br />
<strong>of</strong> Conrad, Archbp. <strong>of</strong><br />
Cologne, 1238.<br />
Ludinghausen, Prussia,<br />
<strong>the</strong> name mentioned<br />
in 974 in <strong>the</strong><br />
grant <strong>of</strong> a mint by<br />
Otho II. to <strong>the</strong> Abbot<br />
<strong>of</strong> Werden. See Werden.<br />
Lund, or Liaiden, an<br />
early Dano - Swedish<br />
mint. Lvd.<br />
Lune, Hanover, near<br />
Luneburg,a mint <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Counts de la Marck.<br />
Liineburg, Brunswick,<br />
<strong>the</strong> seat <strong>of</strong> a<br />
local coinage in <strong>the</strong><br />
1 6th c., as well as <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> money <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dukes<br />
<strong>of</strong> Brunswick <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Liineburg branch.<br />
There is a doppelschilling<br />
= -jV thaler <strong>of</strong> 16<br />
sols, with <strong>the</strong> head <strong>of</strong><br />
St. John <strong>the</strong> Baptist.<br />
The source, during <strong>the</strong><br />
Thirty Years' War,<br />
1 6 1<br />
8-48, <strong>of</strong> a gold ducat<br />
and silver thalers <strong>of</strong><br />
1622, with <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong><br />
Duke Christian and <strong>the</strong><br />
mottoes : Tout avec<br />
Dicu, and Gottes Freint<br />
und Der Paff. Feindt.<br />
Luneville, France,<br />
Dept. <strong>of</strong> Meur<strong>the</strong>, a<br />
mint <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> early Dukes<br />
<strong>of</strong> Lorraine. Several<br />
coins <strong>of</strong> Mat<strong>the</strong>w II.<br />
Double thaler <strong>of</strong> Augustus, Duke <strong>of</strong> Brunswick-Liineburg, 1655. ( 1 2 1 8-5 I ) belong here.<br />
Liniuille.<br />
Lusignan, Dept. <strong>of</strong> Vienne, a seat <strong>of</strong> coinage in lieu <strong>of</strong> Limoges, i7th c.<br />
It was removed hi<strong>the</strong>r in 1656-57 from Limoges.<br />
Luttingen, Palatinate, <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> an esterlin or sterling <strong>of</strong>