Meckelnburgh rixdollar

Meckelnburgh rixdollar
Mekelnburga regnodolaro (ao) Rixdale meckelmbourgeoise (ax) Meckelnburgse rîksdâlder (me)
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	Angster
Plural	Rixdollars
Angster	Angsters
Symbol	Ʀ
Angster	ⱥ
Banknotes
Freq. used	Ʀ5, Ʀ10, Ʀ25, Ʀ100
Rarely used	Ʀ50
Coins
Freq. used	5ⱥ, 10ⱥ, 25ⱥ, Ʀ1, Ʀ2½
Rarely used	50ⱥ, Ʀ5, Ʀ10
Demographics
Date of introduction	1715 AN
Replaced	Meckelnburgh crown
User(s)	Meckelnburgh  Salem  Iselande
Issuance
Central bank	Their Royal Majesty's Bank
Website	bank.mb
Mint	Royal Meckelnburgh Mint
Website	mint.mb

The rixdollar (Aspiranto: regnodolaro; Alexandrian: rixdale; Meckelnish: rîksdâlder; sign: Ʀ) is the currency and legal tender of Kingdom of Meckelnburgh and its constituent states of Meckelnburgh, the Archabbacy of Salem and the Grand Duchy of Iselande. Their Royal Majesty’s Bank of Meckelnburgh (BankMB) issues banknotes, while the Royal Meckelnburgh Mint issues coins, Maundy money, and bullion issues.

The smaller denomination, one-100th of a rixdollar, is an angster (Aspiranto: angstero; Alexandrian: angster; Meckelnish: angster; sign: ⱥ). The MOS–4 code of the currency used by banks and financial institutions is MBD (Meckelnburgh rixdollar). The unofficial codes SMD and ISD refer to issues of Salem and Iselande crowns, respectively; each constituent country has a local mint and is entitled to mint its own minor currency and commemorative issues.

History

The first currency of the Kingdom of Meckelnburgh was the crown, subdivided into 60 heller. It was first introduced in 1685 AN at the creation of Meckelnburgh. With the ascension of Salem and Iselande to the kingdom, each were given minor coinage rights as users of the crown. The crown was pegged to the Craitish cräite at 1.5 crowns to a cräite.

In 1715 AN, the kingdom replaced the crown with the rixdollar as part of a broad monetary policy, including the abolishment of the peg to the cräite. The new rixdollar was decimalized and became exchangeable with the crown at 1 rixdollar to 1.54 crowns. The smallest denominations were also abolished and cash rounding instituted to 5 angsters. In addition, the branch mint at Battleferd (D) was closed, and production of those bullion issues transferred to Victoria (B).

Coinage

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		5 heller	3.06 g	18.8 mm	1.67 mm	Smooth	Copper-plated: .944 zinc .056 copper	None		A: Alexandretta C: Boulonne E: Salem (SMC) F: North Antrusburgh (ISC)
		10 heller	4.10 g	19.8 mm	1.93 mm	Groove	Normark gold: .890 copper .050 zinc .050 aluminum .010 tin
		20 heller	5.74 g	22.3 mm	2.14 mm	Scalloped
		1 crown	7.50 g	23.3 mm	2.33 mm	Reeded	Cupronickel: .750 copper .250 nickel Nickel brass: .750 copper .200 zinc .050 nickel			A: Alexandretta F: North Antrusburgh (ISC)
		2½ crowns	8.50 g	25.8 mm	2.20 mm	Lettered: "AŬGURO DE ★ PLI BONEGA ★ TEMPAĜO ★"

Mint set obsolete coins

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		6 heller	3.11 g	19.1 mm	1.52 mm	Smooth	Bronze: .950 copper .050 tin	None		B: Victoria
		12 heller	6.22 g	23.0 mm	1.80 mm
		15 heller	1.94 g	17.9 mm	1.15 mm		Cupronickel: .750 copper .250 nickel
		30 heller	5.00 g	20.5 mm	1.95 mm

Celebratory coins

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		5 crowns	6.25 g	24.3 mm	1.75 mm	Reeded	Coinage silver: .900 silver .100 copper	0.181 ozt silver		B: Victoria E: Salem (SMC) F: North Antrusburgh (ISC)
		10 crowns	12.5 g	30.6 mm	2.15 mm			0.362 ozt silver
		20 crowns	26.7 g	38.1 mm	2.40 mm			0.773 ozt silver
		50 crowns	3.89 g	16.7 mm	1.67 mm		Red gold: .4500 copper .3500 silver .2000 gold	0.0438 ozt silver 0.0250 (½ dwt) ozt gold		D: Battleferd
		100 crowns	3.46 g	14.2 mm			Electrum: .5250 silver .4500 gold .0250 copper	0.0583 ozt silver 0.0500 (1 dwt) ozt gold
		200 crowns	4.15 g	14.4 mm			Yellow gold: .7500 gold .1500 copper .1000 silver	0.100 (2 dwt) ozt gold 0.0133 ozt silver

Maundy money

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		1 heller	0.750 g	14.0 mm	0.60 mm	Groove	Coinage silver: .900 silver .100 copper	0.0217 ozt silver		E: Salem
		2 heller	1.25 g	15.5 mm	0.80 mm			0.0362 ozt silver
		3 heller	2.50 g	17.9 mm	1.10 mm			0.0723 ozt silver
		4 heller	5.00 g	22.0 mm	1.30 mm			0.145 ozt silver

Bullion

Silver Bullion

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		400 crowns	389.484 g	88.89 mm	6.025 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 1 LBS TROY ★ 9583 FINE ★"	Britannia silver: .9583 gold .0417 copper	12.00 (1 lbst) ozt silver		D: Battleferd

Palladium Bullion

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		100 crowns	3.393 g	14.88 mm	1.670 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 2 DWT TROY ★ 9167 FINE ★"	Bullion palladium: .9167 gold .0833 copper	0.1000 (2 dwt) ozt palladium		D: Battleferd
		1,000 crowns	31.120 g	36.10 mm	2.529 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 1 OZ TROY ★ 9995 FINE ★"	Fine palladium: .9995 gold .0005 copper	1.000 ozt palladium

Gold Bullion

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		500 crowns	8.640 g	17.73 mm	2.023 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ ¼ OZ TROY ★ 9000 FINE ★"	Coinage gold: .9000 gold .1000 copper	0.2500 (¼) ozt gold		D: Battleferd
		1,000 crowns	16.965 g	24.63 mm		Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ ½ OZ TROY ★ 9167 FINE ★"	Bullion gold: .9167 gold .0833 copper	0.5000 (½) ozt gold
		2,000 crowns	31.546 g	28.92 mm	2.529 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 1 OZ TROY ★ 9860 FINE ★"	Ducat gold: .9860 gold .0140 copper	1.000 ozt gold
		5,000 crowns	77.798 g	36.80 mm	3.793 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 2½ OZ TROY ★ 9999 FINE ★"	Fine gold: .9995 gold .0005 copper	2.500 ozt gold

Platinum Bullion

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Mass	Diameter	Thickness	Edge	Composition	Precious metal	Years of issue	Mint marks
		400 crowns	4.912 g	13.67 mm	1.670 mm	Lettered: "MECKELNBURGH ★ 3 DWT TROY ★ 9500 FINE ★"	Alexandrian platinum: .9500 gold .0500 copper	0.1500 (3 dwt) ozt platinum		D: Battleferd

Banknotes

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Width	Height	Weight	Material used	Years of issue	Years of printing
		5 crowns
		10 crowns
		20 crowns
		50 crowns
		100 crowns
		200 crowns
		500 crowns

Postal notes

Obverse	Reverse	Value	Width	Height	Weight	Material used	Years of issue	Years of printing
		5 heller (₵0.083)
		10 heller (₵0.17)
		20 heller (₵0.33)