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The 1204 Toledo coin celebrates the expulsion of the Arabs
from the region.
The 1374 Aachen coin is considered the first collectable early
dated coin.
Christ rising from the tomb while not dated is an important coin
to me.

 

I have but one.

 

I picked this up earlier this year. A Republic of Venice Italian State Silver 1 Grosso issued by Reniero Zeno, the 45th Doge of Venice, reigning from 1 January 1253 until his death in 1268. This one is going in my book.

 

My one and only
Scotland Robert lll 1390 -1403
Silver groat first issue heavy coinage

 

Though not a big fan of gold, I've kept these around as they are really nice condition.


1346-84 Belgium Flanders Chaise d'Or Fr-163 PCGS MS65



1346-64 Italy Achaia Zecchino Fr-38a PCGS MS66

 

One from Spain
Currency Libra
Composition Billon
Weight 0.26 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number N#
123656
References Cru# 319

 

Queen Mary of Scotland ca. 1544 billon penny, with an image of the Queen as a toddler. My avatar coin! It is a diminutive coin and seemingly insignificant if you are viewing my collection of Scots coins as a whole as I own other bronze, billon, silver and gold from this reign but this penny is by far and away the scarcest coin of her reign that I own.

 

This is an AR groat from Queen Elizabeth of England, with the mintmark of the martlet - a wee bird denoting that it was minted in London from 1560-1561.

 

England Henry III(1216-1272) a double struck reverse long cross reverse penny from Ion of Lincol - I surmise the planchet stuck to the obverse die and the minter struck the coin again, albeit at a different angle. Effectively it is my earliest double struck Lincoln penny!

 

George Godfrey in Salisbury Wiltshire had a common profession at the time - that being a rat catcher! - but uncommonly for the profession he had his own halfpenny token minted in 1652 the only known token issued by a rat catcher.

 

Aethelred II Penny, 997-1003. AU-Details

 

I have a few.
Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I.

1198-1219. AR Tram

Obverse: Levon seated facing on throne ornamented with lions, holding cross and lis
Reverse: Two lions rampant back-to-back, each with head reversed; between, long patriarchal cross with pellet at base of staff.

Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 3.06 g
Sis mint

Hungary
Béla III
1172-1196
Æ Rézpénz

Diameter 23mm
Weight 1.60 g

Pseudo-Arabic legend on both sides.

Frynas H.15.25; Huszár 73; Réthy 102.

ITALY, Milano (duchy). Gian Galeazzo Visconti. 1395-1402. AR Pegione – Grosso da 1.5 soldi

Diameter: 24mm
Weight: 2.41 g

New coinage. Milano mint. Struck 1395-1398.

Obverse: Visconti arms (coiled serpent left, consuming man) flanked by G 3; all within quadrilobe with leaves in spandrels Reverse: Nimbate St. Ambrose enthroned facing, wearing episcopal regalia, holding scourge and crozier

MIR 121/1; Crippa 4/A; cf. MEC 12, 635-8 (for type).

Augsburg. Hartmann von Dillingen Bracteate ND (1250-1286) MS63 NGC, Steinhilber-77. 0.71gm.


Germany. Bavaria, Louis IV. 1317-1374. AR Pfennig

Composition: Silver
Diameter: 15mm
Weight: 1.37 g

Dortmund. Berghaus 22. Toned, weak in part. Good VF.

From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Spink 1971 @ $50.

 

If we end the middle ages at 1600, I have few.

Austria, Batzen, 1518, AU55


Belgium, Flanders, 2 Stivers, (1467-74), XF45


Cologne, Tournose Groschen, 1332-49, XF45


Henneberg,1545, 3 Heller, MS62


Passau, 1519 Batzen, MS63

 

I have quite a few English ones.
This is my oldest - Ecgberht king of Wessex 802 to 839:


This is only a little later, Athelwulf 839 to 858:


This one is Harold II - he that supposedly got it in the eye at the battle of Hastings, 1066:

 

Edward III introduced the widespread use of gold coins to England. Here is a half noble.



Elizabeth I coins sometimes come with weak portraits. This six pence is an exception.

 

This is a large silver dollar sized Ryal or 30/- from James VI(1567-1625) of Scotland. It is counterstamped with a crowned thistle in 1578 that revalued/devalued the coin to 36/-. A coin this size surely involved multiple hammer strikes which likely contributed to the splitting of the planchet.

 

Late to the thread! Exceptional coins
I have a ton of these.....here are some