Wendentaler
Sign in to savethumb|Wendenthaler, Lüneburg, 1541 The Wendenthaler or Wendentaler was a currency coin minted in Lüneburg from 1541, which depicted the six coats of arms of the Wendish towns.
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thumb|Wendenthaler, Lüneburg, 1541 The Wendenthaler or Wendentaler was a currency coin minted in Lüneburg from 1541, which depicted the six coats of arms of the Wendish towns.
These included the coats of arms of Rostock and Stralsund. The coin bore the inscription "Statutus duarum Marcarum Lubicensis", i.e. "Fixed at two Lübeck Marks". Its value was 2 Marks = 28.70 g.
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