МОНЕТИ ІНОЗЕМНИХ ДЕРЖАВ ЗАХІДНОЇ ЄВРОПИ У ГРОШОВОМУ ОБІГОВІ ВОЛИНІ У XV–XVII СТ.
COINS OF FOREIGN STATES OF WESTERN EUROPE IN MONETARY CIRCULATION IN VOLYN IN THE XV–XVII CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article. The main goal of the article is to highlight the peculiarities of the circulation of foreign coins of Western Europe in monetary circulation in Volyn in the XV–XVII centuries. Research methodology. During the work on this article, general scientific methods, such as analytical, chronological, and topographical, were used. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time all information about Western European coins in monetary circulation in Volyn was collected and their role in monetary circulation was analyzed. Research conclusions. Most of the foreign coins in circulation in Volyn in the 15th–17th centuries were of large denominations, such as thalers (and their fractions) and ducats. There are also many treasures with small coins of certain popular denominations. These are Teutonic shillings and money of the 15th century and groschens of the Holy Roman Empire of the first quarter of the 17th century. Treasures are found both completely from these coins and with a small part of them. There are many isolated finds of these coins. Therefore, despite the development of the coin system of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland and the increase in minting of coins during the XV–XVII centuries, treasures and isolated finds of coins from foreign Western countries confirm that they played a significant role in the monetary circulation of Volhynia in the XV–XVII centuries. They also testify to direct and indirect trade connections with the Holy Roman Empire, the Saxon lands, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Venice, and the state of the Teutonic Order in Prussia.

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