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

Catalogue of European Mints 177
Wismar, Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, a seat of coinage in all metals from
the i/thc. but in recent times ; copper only seems to have been struck
there. It was one of the mints in the 1
7th- 8th 1 c. of the undivided duchy
of Mecklenburgh. Moneta. Wismar. and on rev. Civitas. Magnop. The
mint seems to have produced nothing after 1854. There is a rare piece
representing a thaler and a half, without date, but about 1680, with a threequarter
figure of St. Laurence, holding the gridiron, a shield of arms in
front of him, and the legend Firma Est in Domin .'. Spes . Et Fid-vcia
Nostra ,
and on the rev. the outer circle has a legend : Wismariam
A Cvnctis Protege Christe Malts.'. The inner circle, embracing a
quartered shield, reads Devs. Dat. Cvi. Vvlt. This coin was obligingly
lent to us, with many others, by Messrs. Spink and Son of London.
Comp. Schulman, Cat. xx. 1208. A gold ducat of Wismar, 1743, occurred
at the Reinmann sale, 1891, No. 867. In 1715, during the siege by the
allied Russians, Danes, Saxons, and Hanoverians, the town struck money
of necessity for I, 4, 8, and 16 schillings.
Wissembiirg, Alsace, an abbatial mint from 1275, and a municipal one
under imperial sanction 1
5th- 1 7th c. The abbatial money bears Widenfire
[? the name of an abbot Wilfrid], the other Weissenbvrg. Am.
Rhei. This is the place of origin of a very early and rare denier,
described in Cat. Robert, 1886, No. 1791. Comp. also Nos. 1978,
1988.
Wittenberg, a mint of the Electors of Saxony and of the town, I3thi6th
c. Shield with two swords and W.
Woerden, Holland, the place of origin of a square piece of 4 stuivers
in lead, struck during the siege by the Spaniards in 1575.
Woerth-am-Sauer, Alsace, a mint of Lichtenberg, 1587-1632.
Wolfenbiittel, Brunswick, the seat of a branch of the house of Brunswick,
and the place of origin of a tolerably long series of coins. Money of
necessity was struck here in 1627 by the commandant of the fortress.
Wohlau or Wohlau, Silesia, the source of pfennigen of the I4th c.
with a bull's head and IV. V. for Wulavia; there were pieces of 24
kreutzer during the Thirty Years' War (1621-22). It was also a mint of
the Counts and Dukes of Brieg.
Workum,VJ. Friesland, a seat of local coinage, I4th c.,
with Wolderv.
and an eagle and three fleurs-de-lis.
Worms, Hesse Darmstadt, the place of origin of a denier of early
fabric similar to those of Louis le Ddbonnaire of the temple type, and a
mint of the Bishops of Worms from the gth c., as well as perhaps of the
See of Treves. The most ancient denier of the bishops is one of Henry
(1217-34). There is also civic or municipal money in gold and silver.
Wormacia.
Wurtembtt-rg Mints (minor) Aalen, Argen, Bartenstein, Biberach,
:
Brenz, Buchau, Buchhorn, Christophstal, Elwangen, Esslingen, Forchtenberg,
Giengen, Gmiind, Gnadenthal, Goeppingen, Heilbronn, Helfenstein,
Kirchberg, Koenigsegg, Langenargen, Langenburg, Limpurg, Mainhard,
Marbach, Mergentheim, Montfort, Neckarssulm, Neuenstein, Oehringen,
Ravensburg, Riedlingen, Rottenburg, Siilz, Tettnang, Tubingen, Untersteinbach,
Waldburg, Waldenburg, Waldsee, Wangen, Weickersheim,
Weingarten, Weissenau, Woellwarth, or Wallworth.
Wurtzburg, the mint of the bishops. Money of necessity has been
repeatedly struck here.
Xeres, a mint of the Almohades (516-668).
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