I know 15th and 16th century does not really fit into the ancient forum as well as true medieval coins do but I have a lot of respect for the knowledge here. I have a box of coins from Poland, German States, Austria and others including a few Thales from the late 1500''s early 1600's that I would like to learn more about. I know some of these references can be very expensive but I would be happy with trustworthy online sources. Any thoughts?
Not yet. I'm sure they are a great bunch of people too but I have gotten to know the people on the ancients forum and made some good friends. I will start to hang out on World Coins a bit too and get to know them.
You probably know this already, but I've found acsearch to be a decent reference for this kind of thing.
Numismatas.com has a wonderful series of ebooks on medieval and later coinage, each free and downloadable, that I've used for quite some time. Here are links, in no particular order: Austria: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Austria.pdf Hungary: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Hungary.pdf Cologne: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Cologne.pdf Bavaria: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Bavaria.pdf Bohemia and Moravia: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Bohemia.pdf Cilician Armenia: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Cilician Armenia.pdf Denmark: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Denmark.pdf Munster: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Munster.pdf Sweden: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Sweden.pdf Coins of the Crusaders: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of the Crusaders.pdf Trier: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Coins of Trier.pdf Papal Coinage: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David Ruckser/Papal Coinage.pdf
I feel ya. I'm not that quite late into the coins that interest me most, but def a medieval fan and collector first and foremost and wish there was a designated area for this era of coins on the forums here.