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

236 The Coins of Europe
at the death of a sovereign or other ruler. It
passed as ordinary
currency.
Sterling, or Esterling, a term given to the silver unit in the early
coinage of many European States, and possibly derived from the original
genesis of the piece in the east of Europe. The usually high standard of
the sterling may have led to its gradual identification with the only sense
in which it survives.
Stick, a small copper piece of Cologne, i8th c. (stich Kohlnisch), which
seems to have passed current at the Swedish mines of Avestad.
Stooter, the twentieth of the silver crown, with the reputed head of
the Earl of Leicester. Plated 1 ; 586-87. The same type occurs with the
titles of Rodolph II., 1577.
Stothemke, bronze currency of Bulgaria. We have a piece of 2
stothemke, 1882.
Strichli-dicken or diken, a silver denomination of the Swiss canton of
St. Gallen, 1619 = 6 batzen or 24 kreutzer. There is the half. These
pieces seem to have remained current in more than one variety down to
1635. In the Townshend Collection there is a pattern of the diken,
1620.
Stubcr, another form of Stuiver, q.v.
Stuiver, Stufe, Stufer, Stiiber, a billon or copper coin of Germany and
the Low Countries, corresponding to the French sol or son, the Italian
soldo, etc. There are innumerable types, as well as varieties of size and
weight. The stitisch stumer and its moiety were struck in the i6th c.
in pursuance of the monetary convention between the
towns of
imperial
Campen, Daventer, and Zwolle. There are the \ and j, and for the
Netherlands the double. Pieces of I and 2 stuivers frequently occur
struck in gold for the United Provinces during the i8th c. Comp. Oirt
and Oortje. Of the ordinary Dutch stuiver 20 \vere= i gulden or is. 8d.
English.
Stuiver, a silver denomination used in the multiple form during the
siege of Amsterdam by the States in 1578, and existing in a series of 40,
20, 10, and 5 stuivers. There are two or three varieties, and the issue
appears to have been made in two separate instalments from the silver
plate of the Old and New Church. We have also the i and \ stuiver
in copper, and the 48 stuiver in silver struck for Batavia, 1644-45. Probably
there was also a piece of 24 stuivers in silver ;
but we have not yet
met with it. A double stuiver was struck by the Bishop of Utrecht, 1 5th
c. A proof struck in copper by the Bishop, Uavid of Burgundy, 1455-
96, is cited in Schulman, 1880, No. 426.
Stykke, pi. stykker, same as Dutch stuk, A.S. styca, a Norwegian silver
coin, the fourth of a rigsdaler courant.
*Suado, Austrian, silver, value 45. 8d.
Suanzig, a silver type of Francis of Lorraine, Emperor of Germany,
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745-65, with the bust within a laurel wreath. Probably struck at
Vienna. In Remedi Cat, 1884, No. 1387, the piece seems to be improperly
assigned to the Tuscan series.
Sueldo, the Spanish form of Soldo, struck under Ferdinand VII.
Whelan says: "12 Dineros = i
Sueldo; 12 Sueldos = i Libra, value
2d."
Suskin and Dodkin, the names given by the authorities of London
and by Stow (Survey of London, 1633, p. 137) to the danari or obole,
brought by the Genoese and other Italian traders to Galley Quay, and
prohibited by Parliament, 13 Henry IV. and 4 Henry V. according to