aal an nei Steiwer

since 2002 Milites viennenses has been using a shilling coin (Steiwer, Stuiver, Stüber, Patard, Sol) as token at events. This original coin was inspired by medieval coins and features the Milites Viennenses arms. Now the drive for more authenticity, the need for 17th century currency and an anticipated need of many more coins led to the coinage of a new stuiver. This new one is a copy of a coin minted in 1616 in Tournay (with one small anachronism so it can not be considered a counterfeit - can you find it?) in the name of Albert and Isabella, sovereigns of the spanish Low Countries. It fits into the coinage system of Albert & Isabella, which was used throughout Europe. The main coin was the Patagon or Albert's thaler, also called cross thaler. One thaler was worth 48 stuivers. 20 stuiver made up a florin, which was a purely accountability unit. The stuiver was sub-devided into 16 pennies. Three pennies made a liard, so 16 liards were equivalent with 3 stuivers.

While the old (medieval) stuiver was traded at 1,25 Euro, the new one is 2,50 Euro, at the moment. But this may still change in coming months due to the fiscal policy inside the EU ...