Latvia BI Schilling 1571 Free City of Riga NGC AU 55 #8581993-014

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Certification details

Certification number: 8581993-014

Grade: AU 55

NGC collectible ID: 704767

Nominal value: 1S

Mint Mark: LIVONIA

Variety: RIGA

Year: 1571

Livonia / Free City of Riga. BI Schilling, 1571. NGC AU 55 (cert. 8581993-014). Billon. Catalog: Haljak 946a. Weight: - (NGC slab; coin weight not stated on the lot).

Numismatic Insight: Free City of Riga Schilling 1571 — Haljak 946a, NGC AU 55

Overview: A billon schilling of the Free City of Riga dated 1571, certified NGC AU 55 under certification number 8581993-014. Only nine examples are graded higher in the NGC census. Catalogued Haljak 946a. The piece is of interest to collectors of Latvia and of Polish–Lithuanian related Baltic issues, struck at Riga in what is today Latvia.

Design: Obverse — castle; legend *CIVITATIS•RIGENSIS (Coinage / Civic identity of Riga). Reverse — coat of arms of Riga dividing the date (15)7–I; legend *MONETA•NO•ARGENT (new silver / argent money). The municipal castle and arms emphasise Riga’s self-governing civic identity during its Free City period.

Historical context: After the collapse of the Livonian Order in the Livonian War (1558–1583), Riga declared itself a Free City (from 1561/1562) under the protection of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, minting its own civic coinage until Polish incorporation tightened later in the war. Schillings of this type circulated in Baltic trade and stand at the intersection of Livonian, Latvian, and Polish–Lithuanian collecting fields. The year 1571 falls squarely in this Free City phase, when Riga asserted municipal autonomy amid Swedish, Polish–Lithuanian, Danish, and Russian rivalry for Livonia.

Numismatic details: Billon (BI) Schilling. Year 1571. Issuer: Free City of Riga. Grade: NGC AU 55; certification 8581993-014. Catalog: Haljak 946a. Legends: *CIVITATIS•RIGENSIS / *MONETA•NO•ARGENT. Obv. castle; rev. arms of Riga dividing (15)7–I. Weight: - (not stated; NGC encapsulated). Only nine examples graded higher (NGC census).

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