Lübeck mark

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The Lübeck mark was the historical currency used by the Hanseatic Free City of Lübeck, a major trading center in northern Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical currency
associatedWith Hanseatic League
Lübeck pfennig
Lübeck schilling
category Currencies of former states
Hanseatic League
Historical currencies of Germany
History of Lübeck
country Germany
currencyOf Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
linked to: Lübeck
denominationType accounting currency
silver-based currency
economicRegion Hanseatic economic area
linked to: Hanseatic cities
economicRole standard of value in Hanseatic trade
governedBy Lübeck city council
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
historicalSignificance facilitated long-distance trade in northern Europe
influenced monetary systems of other Hanseatic cities
language German
legalStatus official currency of Lübeck
mediumOfExchange silver coins
monetaryStandard silver standard
monetarySystem Lübeck monetary system
namedAfter Lübeck
region Northern Germany
regulates prices in Lübeck markets
relatedTo Cologne mark
Hamburg mark
Reichsthaler
replacedBy German mark
Prussian currency system
script Latin alphabet
subdivisionOf Pfennig
Schilling
tradeNetwork Baltic Sea trade
North Sea trade
unitOf accounting in Lübeck trade ledgers
usedBy Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck government
Hanseatic merchants
usedFor accounting unit
tax payments
trade
usedIn Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
linked to: Lübeck

Lübeck

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Free City of Lübeck currency Lübeck mark