[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

didn't know I had this one. its pretty ugly

 

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I guess we both forgot!

 

With the greatest of respect, more forgettable !

 

1654 -- Waldeck, 4 mariengroschen:

 

POMERANIA Bogislaw XIV Burial Half Taler with bust 1654
Bogislaw XIV Burial Half Taler with sun shining over tree stump with 2 young limbs 1654


When Bogislaw died in 1637 during the Thirty Years' War, Swedish and Imperial troops occupied almost all his lands. Finally, under the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, Pomerania was carved up between Sweden and Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg. Only in 1654 was Bogislaw formally buried in Stettin (and this commemorative coinage issued) after his coffin had laid in a room in the castle for 17 years.

 

Nice coins!

 

I have a 1653 AV Dukat from Basel.

They were struck from really bad dies, there are about 5 known examples/ all have weakness in center of coin. This ex. was from Spink Auction.

 

I nearly forgot I had this one: British Commonwealth Shilling from 1653:

 

Nice...I will compliment your Commonwealth Schilling with my 1653 AV Unite "SUN" mm. London Mint 9.02g./ 33mm.
Struck under Oliver Cromwell 1649-60.

 

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Emperor Ferdinand III Reichstaler 1653 Graz mint with SALZBURG countermark (1681) to guarantee the coin's value at a time when many debased coins were in circulation

 

1653 -- France, 1/2 ecu:

 

Somewhat late again - sorry! - I blame it on the time difference! ;-)

This time a very nicely shaped Russian 1/4 Rouble from 1654.
Unfortunately a copy... :-(


Then another Solidus from "Swedish" Livonia. Karl X Gustav.
Ag 0.42 grams.



And three more of the same year, just to show how different they can be in appearance.

 

And to keep up with the rest of you - more Livonian Solidi. Still under Swedish rule, but now the ruler is Queen Kristina.
Three small and thin silver coins from 1653.

 

... and I actually found some more:
Sweden 1/4 öre 1654

France - Coronation of Louis XIV in Reims 7th of June 1654:
Cu 25.5 mm.

And a VERY SPECIAL one:

Sweden (minted in Avesta) Markus Kock for France and Louis XIV - 1 Liard 1654 A.
Die combination H (see explanation below).
EXTREMELY RARE (XR) !


A short explanation of the varieties / dies:

• A) Corbeil, France … with dots before 16 and after 54 (.16 A 54.)
• B) Corbeil, France … with dots after 16 and before 54 (16.A.54)
• C) Corbeil, France … without dots around year
• D) Corbeil, France … without dots around year (rusty/broken dies)
• E) Avesta, Sweden … FRAN in edge text of obverse (like the French coins)
• F) Avesta, Sweden … FRA (without N) in edge text, the lillies are the same height
• G) Avesta, Sweden … FRA (without N) in edge text, left lilly higher
  
• H) Avesta, Sweden … FRA (without N) in edge text, right lilly higher (pictured coin)

 

Awesome coins! Kimotej

 

This is fascinating. I had never heard of the Swedes striking coins for Louis XIV. Tell us more !

 

1652 -- France, 1/2 ecu:

 

1651 -- Livonia/Riga, 1 solidus:

 

Well/ I got a 1651 from the Ezbistum of Mainz

AV Dukat 1651 Mainz Mint
Johann Philipp Von Schonborn Archbishop of Mainz/ Worms/ Wurzburg 1647-73

This period in history was a bad time for "Witchs" esp. in Wurzburg

 

I've been away from CT for a while because I've been travelling and I busted my phone so it has been extremely fun to catch back up on this thread.

Some really great posts all around. We've made it farther than I thought we would.

@Jimski ,
Your write ups have been suberb! Thanks for taking the time to write all that up.

@panzerman ,
Your collection never ceases to amaze me