RIXDOLLAR. 



The nxdollar or 3 markpiece of Lubec has a two-headed 

 eagle crowned, with 48 on its bread ; legend, hox. NOV. 

 imp. civitat. LtjBEC.*; ( new coin of the imperial city of 

 Lubec) ; revere, arms of the city ; legend, 48 schilling 

 COURANT GELDT ANNO, &c. (48 fchiflings currency ; the 

 year, &c.) 



The rixdollar (fine) of Manheim has the head of the 

 reigning prince, with name and title, thus: car. the. c. p. 

 s. R. I. A. T. & el. ; that is, Carolus Tbeodorus, comes pala- 

 tums, JanSi Romani imperii archi thefaurarhis rt elector 

 (Charles Theodore, count palatine, high lteward and elector 

 of the holy Roman empire) ; reverie, arms of the prince ; 

 legend, ex visceribus fodin;k wildberg (from the bowels 

 of the mine of Wildberg), and fein silb. (fine filver) at the 

 bottom. 



The piece of 4 bears the fame impreflions as the nxdol- 

 lar, except that it is marked ( \ ) under the arms. Some 

 pieces of an ancient date bear no head but -;, in large figun s, 

 and under this, fein silber ; legend, dels servet me- 

 talli fodinas montenses (may God preferve the mines 

 of Wildberg) ; the names and titles are on the reverfe, 

 round the arms. 



The nxdollar (convention) has the head, name, and titles, 

 as above ; reverfe, arms of the prince ; legend, AD noumam 

 conventions (according to the rule of the convention) ; 

 or 10 eine FEINS HAttCK ( 10 to a fine mark). 



N. B. The coins of Manheim and the Palatinate now 

 bear the fame imprefiions as thofe of Bavaria, both countries 

 being united under one fovereign. 



The rixdollar of Mentz has the head of the reigning 

 prince, with name and titles, thus : frid. CAR. Jos. D. G. 



A. EP. MOG. S. R. I. P. G. A. C. ET EL. E. W. ; that is, Fie- 

 dericus Carolus Jofeph Dei gratia archiepifcobus Moguntiie, 

 fundi Romani imperii pro Germania archi cancellarius et eleclor, 

 epifcopus Wormenfis (Frederick Charles Jofeph, archbifhop 

 of Mentz, high chancellor for Germany and eleflor of the 

 holy Roman empire, bifhop of Worms) ; but the pieces of 

 1796, &c. have their legend in German, thus : fried, car. 

 jos. ekxb. u. KURF. z. MAINZ. B. z. w. ; that is, Erzl/if- 

 choffund Kurfurfl %u Main* Bifchojf zu Worms (archbifhop 

 and elector of Mentz, bifhop of Worms) ; reverfe, arms of 

 the bifhop; legend, ZEHEN piNE PEINE MARCK (ten to a 

 mark fine). 



The rixdollar (conftitution) ot Nuremberg lias the head 

 •>f the reigning emperor, with name and title, thus : caro- 

 i .i's vi. d. g. rom. imp. semt. Aug. (Charles VI. by the 

 grace of God, emperor of Rome, ever auguft) ; reverfe, a 

 view of the city, with an eagle flying over it ; legend, au- 



GUSTO DOMINO TUTA ET SECURA I'AUENTE EST (it is fafc 



and fecure under its auguil lord and father), and at the bot- 

 tom, norimberga. 



The rixdollar (convention) varies in the impreflions, 

 iome bearing the head, name, and title of the reigning em- 

 peror, as above ; and others a view of the city, with a iun 

 over it ; reverfe, a two-headed eagle crowned, bearing the 

 arms of the city on its breait ; or a fingle-headed eagle car- 

 rying two efcutcheons in his talons. The pieces are marked 

 with the letter n, or the word nurnberg, or the legend, 



MONETA NOVA REIPUBL. NORIMBERGENSIS (new Coin of 



the republic of Nuremberg) ; and the words, x eine feine 

 marck (ten to a mark fine), are alfo to be found in fome 

 part of the piece. 



The rixdollar of Pruffia (coined before 1791) has the 

 head of the reigning king, with name and title, thus : fiu- 

 dericus borussorum rex (Frederick king of Pruffia) ; 

 reverfe, an eagle and military trophies ; legend, ein reichs 

 thaler (one rixdollar). The half rixdollar bears the fame 



impreflions ; and its value is marked thus, 2 eixe r. 

 thaler (two to a rixdollar). 



The rixdollar current (coined fince 1791) has the head 

 of the reigning king, and the legend in Germ-n, as before ; 

 reverfe, arms of Pruffia, with ein thaler at the bottom ; 

 but the rixdollar convention money bears the legend, ZEHN 

 eine feine marck (ten to a mark fine). 



The florin of Silefia has the fame impreflions as on the 

 rixdollar of 1791 ; but on the reverfe it is marked xxi eine 

 peine mark. 



The rixdollar of Anfpach and Bareuth has the head of 

 the reigning prince, with name and title, thus : ALEXANDER 

 d. g. march, brand. (Alexander, by the grace of God, 

 marquis or margrave of Brandenburg) ; reverfe, arms of 

 Anfpach, &c. with zehen fine PEINE mark (ten to a 

 mark fine) ; but thofe of modern date, 1790, &c. bear the 

 impreflions of the Pnifhan coin r , Anlpaeh having been at 

 thai period ceded to Pruffia. 



The rixdollar of Ratifbun has the head, name, and title 

 of the reigning emperor, as on the coins of Hamburgh and 

 Nuremberg; reverfe, • a view of the city ; legend, moneta 

 reip. RATISPON (coin of the republic of Ratilbon ), and at 

 the bottom, x st. eine f. c M. ; that is, XJluch dm- feine 

 Collnifch marck (ten pieces to a mark fine, Cologne weight). 

 The half and quarter rixdollars are marked 20 ST. eine f. 

 c. m. and 40 st. eine f. c. m. 



The rixdollar of Saltzburg, and its divifions, has the head 

 of the reigning prince, with name and titles, thus : hiero- 

 NY.Ml'S D. G. A. & P. S. A. S. I.. N. G. PRIM. ; that is, Hu- 

 ronymiu Dei gratia archiepifcopus et princeps SaUJburgaifis, 

 Germania primes (Jerome, by the grace of God, archbifhop 

 and prince of Salt/burg, primate of Germany) ; reverfe, 

 arms of the reigning prince, without a legend ; and the 

 copffluck or 20 creutzer piece differs only in being marked 

 (zo) on the reverfe. 



The rixdollar (convention) of Saxony has the head of 

 the reigning prince, with name and titles, thus : frid. 

 august, d. G. dux sax. elector (Frederick Augultus, 

 duke and eleftor of Saxony) ; reverfe, arms of Saxony, 

 with the infeription, x eine feine marck (ten to a mark 

 fine). 



The florin or piece of f bears the fame impreflions as the 

 rixdollar; but the infeription on the reverfe is xx eine 

 FEINE marck, and it is marked \ at the bottom; the half 

 florin is marked XL eine, &c. and J at the bottom ; and 

 the quarter florin is marked lxxx or achzig eine, &c. 

 and ,;. 



The rixdollar of Saxe Gotha has the head, name, and 

 title, of the reigning prince, thus : ERNESTUS D. G. GOTHAN. 

 SAXONUM DUX (Erne!!, by the grace of God, duke of Saxe 

 Gotha) ; reverfe, arms of Saxe Gotha, with x eine feine 

 m \i»K, as above. 



The rixdollar of Sweden of 1752 has the head of the 

 reigning king, with name and title in Latin, thus : GUS- 

 tavus 111. d. g. hex sueci.i: (GuftavusIII. by the grace 

 of God, king of Sweden) ; reverfe, arms of Sweden ; le- 

 gend, sai.uk publica salus mea (the public fafety is my 

 fafety) ; and on the edge, manibus ke ljedar avaris 

 (that I may not be hurt by rapacious hands). The half 

 rixdollar bears the fame impreflions. 



The rixdollar of 1779 has the head, name, and title, as 

 before ; reverfe, arms of Sweden, with 1 rd. ; legend, fa- 

 dernes landet (the land of our fathers). The divifions 

 of the rixdollar bear the fame impreflions, but have their 

 value marked on them, thus : 5 rd., 4 rd., £ rd. The 

 rixdollar, and other pieces coined fince 1795, have the le- 

 gends on both fides in the Swedifh language. The inferip- 

 tion 



