When he ordered the coin craftsmen to design, Marin suddenly remembered that he did not seem to have obtained the right to mint...
The right to mint coins is very common in Germany, but not everyone is qualified to mint coins. If you want to mint coins, you must apply for authorization from the emperor. Otherwise, it is illegal minting coins. Generally speaking, those dukes have the right to mint coins. The earls are powerful and weak. For example, Earl Ritberg, Nima, the country of Nemesis, has more than 200 square kilometers. Why do you need the right to mint coins? Therefore, among the earls, only the earls of the powerful country of Nemesis will apply for and obtain the right to mint coins.
The former East Friesland state seemed to have no right to mint coins. Because the Friesians had been excluded from the mainstream German society, and like the Dutch, they were not accepted by the mainstream German society. In German, there were many slang words that mocked the stupid Friesland people. Therefore, the previous East Friesland state was excluded and could not obtain a separate right to mint coins. In its original history, the East Friesland state did not enter the imperial court until the 17th century.
Then, this brought a problem to Marin - he, who started his country of Friesland, had no right to mint coins. But what is interesting is that the Oldenburg Kingdom and the Archdiocese of Bremen under his name both had the right to mint coins.
However, the Archbishop of Bremen was not destroyed, but was replaced by Stendal. Therefore, the right to mint the Archbishop of Bremen was also taken away.
Similarly, the Oldenberg Kingdom was nominally transferred to Norway under Denmark, and the right to mint was taken away together. As for the Principality of Schleswig, it used to belong to Denmark, and it was not as authorized to mint coins as the German vassal states. Moreover, the Principality of Schleswig was directly under the Danish royal family, and there was no need to mint coins. At that time, the Principality of Schleswig still belonged to the Kingdom of Denmark. Only the Principality of Holstein, which belonged to Germany, had the right to mint coins. Unfortunately, the Principality of Holstein was divided by Hamburg and Lübeck. Although Marin had a name in that Principality, he had no rights, let alone minting coins in the name of Duke of Holstein. Because when the agreement was signed, Marin was willing to be the short duke, but he signed and gave up all rights in this area.
As for West Friesland, Jutland and North Münster, there is no right to mint. The situation in West Friesland is like the East Friesland, which is not recognized by the mainstream Germans, and it was even given to Albrecht, the Duke of Saxony by the emperor. Jutland was snatched from Denmark, so naturally there is no right to mint. The Bishop of Munster seems to have the right to mint. However, from the day the Pope announced the secularization of the Bishop of Munster and rewarded Marin, the Bishop of Munster lost its independent status, and at the same time it also lost the right to mint...
Therefore, Marin suddenly realized that he, one of the most powerful princes in Germany, did not have the legal right to mint coins...
Of course, this is not a big problem for Marin. Isn’t it just asking the emperor for the right to mint coins? In other cases, Emperor Maximilian I might have put on airs with Joe and asked Marin to exchange things for things. However, the current emperor is seeking to be crowned as a formal emperor and is asking Marin to help, so how dare he put on airs with Joe? So, as long as Marin applies, Maximilian I dare not refuse to agree...
In fact, most of the German princes were given the right to mint coins during the emperor's election. Whenever the previous emperor died and a new emperor was needed, it was time for the princes, especially the powerful princes to set conditions.
Before Charles IV officially issued the "Golden Edict" in 1356 and established the system of electing emperors, most powerful princes in Germany had the right to vote for emperors. If candidates wanted to be elected successfully, they naturally had to offer conditions to buy those powerful princes. The right to mint coins was an important condition for them to be issued. Therefore, at that time, most powerful princes had obtained the right to mint coins.
Then, Charles IV saw that - Oh, this is not OK. If you choose an emperor once, you have to buy so many princes. Isn't it going to bankrupt the candidates? So, he came up with a solution - select 7 electors to let the electors vote for the emperor... In this way, you only need to bribe the seven electors, and the cost of running for the emperor was greatly reduced...
Since the establishment of the electoral system, the emperor rarely granted the nobles the right to mint coins. Because there is no need. If an emperor candidate wants to be elected, he just needs to bribe and please the electoral princes. Why bother to pay attention to those little nobles? Moreover, most powerful old nobles have basically obtained the right to mint coins in the previous hundreds of years of emperor elections. Only the unpowered nobles and some newly emerging nouveau riche are left, such as Marin...
If the nouveau riche wants to get the right to mint coins, they will definitely be blackmailed by the emperor. After all, this is also the few opportunities for the Holy Roman Emperor, who has a false reputation, to blackmail the princes.
But unfortunately, Marin will not be blackmailed. Who told the emperor to ask him to help persuade the pope to help him crown him...
Moreover, Maximilian I and Marin have a very good relationship...
Sure enough, after Marin sent someone to Innsbruck, he brought back the emperor's coin authorization letter within a few days. Then, Marin could mint legal currency openly...
At this time, the coin craftsmen also sent sample coins and asked Marin to review...
"What, you guys got my avatar?" Marin, who got the sample coin, suddenly realized that his big avatar was engraved on the sample coin, and it was engraved relatively ugly, and it looked very big...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Malin suddenly remembered the Yuan Datou silver dollar collected by his family in his previous life...
"Can people take copper coins in the future and say - Look, this is 'Ma Datou'..."
Marin felt a little broken, but the craftsmen were even more surprised - isn't it a common practice for all countries to engrave the portrait of the monarch on coins?
In fact, they didn't know that Marin just felt that the avatars they carved on the coins were not good-looking and had a very "Yuan Datou". In addition, when he surrendered and engraved on the cheap copper coins with the smallest denomination, Marin felt that it was worth it. If he wanted to carve, he would also be engraved on the gold coins. Also, he had to find Da Vinci to help him design a handsome avatar. The coin craftsmen had a poor avatar. He was obviously very handsome, but he actually carved the feeling of Yuan Datou by them...
"Let's do this, don't engrave my avatar on this copper coin, use the logo of the Brock family instead!"
The logo of the Brock family is a golden eagle with three crosses on its head and the tops of two wings. It looks domineering and Christian. Therefore, after Marin obtained the Kingdom of East Friesland, he did not change the logo of the family. On the one hand, he thought this logo was very good. On the other hand, it was also to show that his noble lineage was pure...
At the same time, Marin also required that this version of copper coins be marked with the year, that is, the four numbers 1508 are engraved. This is mainly because as the copper price falls, Marin will exchange new cheap copper coins for old copper coins in the hands of residents. It is marked with the year to facilitate the exchange rate change to the appropriate amount for residents.
Chapter completed!