When he instructed the minters to design, Marin suddenly remembered that he did not seem to have obtained the right to mint......

The right to mint money is very common in Germany, but not everyone is qualified to mint coins. In order to have the right to mint coinage, one must apply to the emperor for authorization. Otherwise, it is illegal coinage. Generally speaking, those dukes have the right to mint money. The counts, on the other hand, are strong and weak. For example, Count Rietberg, Nima, a country of more than 200 square kilometers, why do you want coinage? Therefore, among the counts, only the counts of the powerful counties will apply for and receive the right to mint.

In the former East Friesian Lamberan Kingdom, it seems that there was no right to mint money. This is because the Frisians had been excluded from mainstream German society and, like the Dutch, were not accepted into mainstream German society. Even, in German, there are a lot of slang words that mock the stupidity of the Frisians. Therefore, the former East Friesian Lamberan State was excluded from obtaining a separate coinage right. Even, the East Friesian Lam Kingdom, in its original history, did not enter the Imperial Princes' House until the 17th century.

Then, this brought a problem to Marin - he started from the East Friesian Lamberan kingdom, and he actually did not have the right to mint money. But interestingly, the Earl of Oldenburg and the Archdiocese of Bremen under his name both had the right to mint money.

However, the Archbishopric of Bremen did not perish, but was transferred to Stendal. Thus, the coinage of the Archbishopric of Bremen was also taken away.

In the same way, the Earl of Oldenburg was nominally transferred to Norway under Danish rule, and the coinage rights were taken with it. As for the Duchy of Schleswig, it used to belong to Denmark and was not authorized to mint coins like the German vassal states. Moreover, the Duchy of Schleswig was originally directly under the Danish crown, and there was no need to obtain the right to mint money. At that time, the Duchy of Schleswig was still part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Only the Duchy of Holstein, which belonged to Germany, had the right to mint money, but unfortunately, the Duchy of Holstein was divided between Hamburg and Lübeck, and although Marin had a name in that principality, he had no rights, let alone coinage in the name of the Duke of Holstein. Because, when the agreement was signed, Marin was willing to be the empty duke, but he signed to give up all rights in this area.

As for West Friesland, Jutland and North Münster, there is also no right to mint money. The situation in West Frisland, like that of East Frisia, was not recognized by the German mainstream, and was even given by the emperor to the Duke of Saxony, Albrecht. Jutland was forcibly snatched from Denmark, and naturally did not have the right to mint money. The Bishopric of Münster, on the other hand, seems to have the right to mint money. However, from the day the Pope announced the secularization of the Episcopal State of Münster and awarded it to Marin, the Episcopal State of Münster lost its independent status, along with the right to mint money......

Therefore, Marin suddenly discovered that he, one of the most powerful princes in Germany, did not have the legal right to mint money......

Of course, this is not a big problem for Marin. Isn't it just asking the emperor for the right to mint coins? In another case, Emperor Maximilian I might have put Joe on the shelf and let Marin take things in exchange. However, the current emperor is seeking to be crowned as the official emperor, and is begging Marin for help, how dare he put Joe on the shelf? Therefore, as long as Marin applied, Maximilian I did not dare not agree......

In fact, most of the German princes had the right to mint money at the time of the emperor's election. Whenever the previous emperor dies and a new emperor needs to be elected, it is time for the princes, especially the powerful ones, to make conditions.

Before the official promulgation of the Golden Edict by Charles IV in 1356, which established the system of electing emperors and electing emperors, most of the powerful princes in Germany had the right to vote for emperors. And if the candidate wants to be successfully elected, he naturally has to open conditions to buy those powerful princes. And the right to mint is an important condition for being able to open it. Therefore, at that time, most of the powerful princes were given the right to mint money.

Then, Charles IV looked at it - oops, this is not going to work. If you choose an emperor once, you have to buy so many princes, isn't that to bankrupt the candidates? Therefore, he came up with a way - to elect 7 electors and let the electors vote for the emperor...... In this way, it is only necessary to bribe 7 electors, and the cost of running for the emperor is greatly reduced......

Since the establishment of the electoral system, the emperor has rarely granted the nobility the right to mint coins. Because, there's no need for that. If the emperor candidate wants to be elected, he only needs to buy and curry favor with the elector, so why bother with those petty nobles? Moreover, most of the powerful old aristocrats have basically obtained the right to mint coins in the emperor's election hundreds of years ago. There are only the nobles who have no coinage power, and some newly rising nouveau riche aristocrats, such as Marin......

And if the nouveau riche nobles want to get the right to mint money, they must be extorted by the emperor. After all, this was one of the few opportunities for the Holy Roman Emperor to blackmail his princes.

But alas, Marin will not be blackmailed. Who told the emperor to ask him now for help in convincing the pope to help him be crowned......

Moreover, the relationship between Maximilian I and Marin is indeed very good......

Sure enough, Marin sent people to Innsbruck quickly, and within a few days, he brought back the emperor's authorization for coinage. Then, Marin can mint fiat money openly......

At this time, the minters also sent the pattern coins and asked Marin to review them......

"What, you got my avatar up?" Ma Lin, who got the pattern, found that his big head was engraved on the pattern, and the carving was relatively ugly, which looked very big......

Ma Lin suddenly remembered the Yuan Datou silver dollar that his family had collected in his previous life......

"Could it be that in the future, people will take copper coins and say, look, this is 'Ma Datou'......"

Marin was a little devastated, but the craftsmen were even stranger - isn't it a common practice in all countries to engrave the monarch's head on coins?

In fact, they didn't know that Marin just thought that the portrait on the pattern they carved was not good-looking, and it felt like "Yuan Datou". In addition, Marin felt that his surrender was quite cheap by the smallest denomination of cheap copper coins. If you want to engrave it, it will also be engraved on a gold coin. Also, you have to ask Leonardo da Vinci to help you design a handsome avatar. The skill of these minters in drawing heads is too poor. He is obviously very handsome, but they actually carved out the feeling of Yuan Datou......

"In this case, don't engrave my head on this copper coin, and use the logo of the Brock family instead!"

The emblem of the Brock family is a golden eagle with a cross on its head and two wings, which looks domineering and very Christian. Therefore, Marin did not change the family symbol after receiving the East Friesian Lamberan Kingdom. On the one hand, he thinks the logo is very good. On the other hand, it is also to show that one's own noble blood is pure......

At the same time, Marin also required that this edition of the copper coin should also be marked with the year, that is, engraved with the four numbers 1508. This is mainly due to the fact that as the price of copper falls, Marin will exchange new cheap copper coins for old ones in the hands of residents. The year is marked so that it can be exchanged for the appropriate amount to the resident according to the exchange rate change.

As for someone minting counterfeit money to cheat foreign exchange? Marin wasn't worried in the slightest. Because, at present, there is only one Marlin who uses a spiral die-casting machine to mint coins. In this way, Marlin was able to press the finest and most neat copper coins that would be difficult for counterfeiters to imitate. In addition, the color of brass is golden and shiny, and others can't imitate it without zinc......