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 NERFINISHED
Lübeck pfennig
Lübeck schilling NERFINISHED
category Currencies of former states
Hanseatic League NERFINISHED
Historical currencies of Germany
History of Lübeck
country Germany NERFINISHED
currencyOf Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck NERFINISHED
denominationType accounting currency
silver-based currency
economicRegion Hanseatic economic area NERFINISHED
economicRole standard of value in Hanseatic trade
governedBy Lübeck city council NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
region Northern Germany NERFINISHED
regulates prices in Lübeck markets
relatedTo Cologne mark NERFINISHED
Hamburg mark
Reichsthaler
replacedBy German mark
Prussian currency system
script Latin alphabet
subdivisionOf Pfennig NERFINISHED
Schilling NERFINISHED
tradeNetwork Baltic Sea trade
North Sea trade NERFINISHED
unitOf accounting in Lübeck trade ledgers
usedBy Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck government NERFINISHED
Hanseatic merchants NERFINISHED
usedFor accounting unit
tax payments
trade
usedIn Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck NERFINISHED
Lübeck NERFINISHED

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Free City of Lübeck currency Lübeck mark