The Hanseatic League and trade coins
From the late Middle Ages, Baltic Sea trade was dominated by the Hanseatic League, where merchants and cities in northern Europe joined forces to secure their income. Foreign trade could be conducted with coins other than those used on an everyday basis. Trade coins were of good quality, made of silver or gold.
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florin, Lübeck, 1340
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Schilling, Lübeck, 1432
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witten, Wismar, 1379
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nobel, London, Edvard III av England,
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sterling, Lincoln, Edvard I, 1272
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gulden, Gelderland, von Egmont, Arnold, 1423
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florin, Florens,
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zecchino, Venedig, Celci, Lorenzo, 1361
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Gros tournois, Tours, Ludvig IX av Frankrike,
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Mechelen, 1300
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Lübeck, 1400
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Riga, 1400
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