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Some new Cuban pieces

 

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My recent wins at Frank's Auction 124 arrived yesterday in the mail; haven't measured them yet.

My focus is usually Roman and Greek ancient coins, but since I have a few world coins I thought these would fit nicely and I really liked them:

AR Conventionsthaler, Herzogtum Bayern (Duchy of Bavaria), München, 1760; Issuer: Lauer (a well known firm of die sinkers and engravers from Nürnberg).
KM 519; Davenport (2nd ed.) 1953 (F); Schön DM 99; Beierlein 217 (F); Hahn, 306

Ob.: D•G•MAX•IOS•U•B•- D•S•R•I•A•&EL•L•L• (Dei Gratia, Maximilianus Iosephus Utriusque Bavariae - Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archapidifer et Elector, Landgravius Lichtenbergensis= By the Grace of God, Maximilian Joseph, Duke of both Bavaria, Archidapifer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgrave of Leuchtenburg); Bust of of Maximilian III Joseph facing right wearing Order of the Golden Fleece
Edge lettering: +*+ IN +*+ DEO +*+ CONSILIUM +*+ (In God is Counsel)
Rev.: PATRONA BAVARIAE•·Crowned Madonna with Child, supported arms with chain of Order of the Golden Fleece, holding imperial orb and scepter in front of a radiant sun. Crescent moon at Madonna’s feet, dated 1760.

Picture courtesy Frank S. Robinson:


The Madonna thalers were thought to bring good luck and those that couldn't afford a genuine silver coin bought copper copies.

AR 8 Schilling (1/4 Thaler)
Free Hanseatic city of Lübeck, 1731; Time of Karl IV (1711 – 1740); Mint Master Lübeck Johann Justus Jaster (1727-1758)
KM 152; Behrens 317; Jaeger 11

Ob.: MON•NOVA•IMP•CIVITAT•LUBECAE Crowned double-headed eagle with value 8 on chest
Rev.: COURANT•GELDT•1731• between two palms 8/SCHIL/LING above the coat of arms of the city of Lübeck. JJJ and monogram Johann Justus Jaster

Picture courtesy Frank S. Robinson:


Lübeck obtained from Frederick II the right to mint coins in 1226. In 1241, it entered the Hansa. A convention was made with Hamburg in 1305 for the minting of Pfennigs. The first Lübeck Thaler was minted in 1528.

 

This 2024 Canada 5 dollars one ounce coin is an addition to my bears collection.

 

Sultanate of Delhi Gold Tanka of Alauddin Khalji (minted at the Hadrat Delhi mint sometime between 1296 and 1316):

 

Empire of the Romans Gold Solidus of Anastasius I (minted in Constantinople sometime between 491 and 518):

 

Slavonian Silver Banovac of Ladislaus IV (also known as Ladislaus the Cuman), minted in Zagreb sometime between 1272 and 1290 (Ladislaus IV was King of both Croatia and Hungary (Croatia and Hungary were in a personal union between 1102 and 1526 (when both countries became part of the Habsburg Empire)) between 1272 and 1290):

 

A few new German States Pickups

Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth, 1792 S Kreuzer, PCGS MS64

Cologne, 1/6 Thaler,1720 IIH, NGC MS62


Drossen, Kipper period Pfennig


Schwarzenburg, Kreuzer, 1765 N

 

Afsharid Gold Mohur of Nader Shah (minted in Tabriz in 1746):

 

Kara Koyunlu Silver Akce of Pir Budak Khan:

 

BHM 527, Union or Ireland and Great Britain, 1801. 48mm by Kempson and Kindon.

 

Mughal Silver Rupee of Jahangir (minted in Ahmadnagar sometime between 1605 and 1627):

 

Sikh Silver Rupee of Ranjit Singh (minted in Amritsar in 1826):

 

Pahlavi Gold Pahlavi of Reza Shah Pahlavi (minted in Tehran in 1928):

 

Iranian Gold 1/4 Azadi (minted in Tehran in 1979):

 

Sulayhid Gold 1/2 Dinar of Arwa al-Sulayhi (minted in Dhu Jibla in 1104):

 

Crimean Khanate Silver Akce of Mengli Giray I:

 

Found this in an unexpected place but had never seen one in person.

Globe Penny Conder Token
D&H 132

 

Super nice!

 

Difficult German State, especially in this condition. My best fractional thaler to date!

Barby, 1617, 1/24 thaler, PCGS MS62