Privatūs pinigai XVIII a. pabaigoje-XIX a. viduryje rytinėse buvusios Abiejų Tautų respublikos teritorijose

LTStraipsnyje aptariami XVIII a. pabaigos-XIX a. vidurio privatūs kilmingųjų pinigai (kontrasignuotos monetos ir žetonai). Publikacijos tikslas-papildyti šią iki šiol mažai tyrinėtą temą naujais duomenimis, paskelbti iki šiol neaprašytus privačiose kolekcijose saugomus pinigų pavyzdžius ir padaryti šią informaciją prieinamą plačiai tyrinėtojų bendruomenei. [Iš straipsnio, p. 7]

ENThe emergence ofdominium money at the end ofthe 18th century in the eastern territories of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was associated with various historical events when the old money was replaced to new ones. At this time, the magnates and other noble landowners decided to countermark these coins with their initials, coats of arms, numbers and other inscriptions to continue to use them, exclusively localy, in their lands and dominiums as token money for different purposes. The vast majority of the stamps used to countermark coins discussed in this thesis are not distinguished by the great workmanship of the jeweler/engraver. Rather, they were produced by a blacksmith in the landlords folwarks. Making countermarks in this way was much cheaper and easier than minting your own money or tokens, which required a smith not only to produce stamps but also to remelt and prepare the raw metal. So it did not cost much to set up such an initiative and it provided the landlord with enough profit. Later this practice was adopted by lesser nobility of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and from 1820-1830 they switched to standardized high qualitytoken production. The dominium money was very little researched phenomenon and in Lithuania, Poland, Belorussia and Ukraine was published just a few small scientific publications or paragraphesin numismatic literature. This article represents how dominium money emerged and how functioned in former estates, describestypes, diversity and examples of countermarked coins and tokens, discuss their situation in the former state legal system. [From the publication]