City States coinage/ list yours

Looks like there may be only the two of us playing this game. With spectacular ancients like this, you are going to win the prize.

 

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Thank you talerman! I love your coins, really beautifull material I would normally be working today, but we had snow/ rain mix today, hopefully back to doing yardwork tomorrow. Some really nice coins coming up in Heritage Auctions this Friday.....
John

 

Germany 2 modest coins from City of BRUNSWICK (BRAUNSCHWEIG)

Kipper 12 Kreuzer (Schreckenberger) 1621



1/64 Taler 1625

 

Germany City of COLOGNE 1/2 Reichstaler 1627

 

Lovely design! Thanks for posting!

 

1708 Trier, 3 Petermenger, NGC VF30

 

Hannover 1866, Groschen, NGC MS67+

 

Very attractive coin in beautiful condition.

Although this coin is local Scheidemünze, it was issued by the Kingdom of Hannover rather than the city. I am not sure if this conforms with @panzerman's intentions for this City States thread. The kingdom was much larger than just the city of Hannover, its capital.

 

Got me again.

 

Strassburg 2 Kreuzer 1559-1623 PCGS VF35

 

Sorry. No argument here. Love these Strasbourg coins with the big fleur de lis.

 

Here are two other slightly marginal city coins , two Brunswick issues with a portrait of the local duke.

In the 13th century Brunswick was a leading member of the Hanseatic League. In 1296 and 1345 the dukes of Brunswick gave and renewed the city's coinage right, which was exercised until 1676. The city gained a large measure of independence around 1430 when the duke had to leave his residence for Wolfenbüttel but the dukes unsuccessfully besieged the city in 1550, 1553 and 1615. Finally, Rudolf August, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, took the city after a siege in 1671 , and his bust then appeared on city coins. However, Rudolf August wanted to get rid of the independent city coinage completely and the last city coins were struck in 1676.

Germany City Of BRUNSWICK Doppelschilling (1/16 Taler or Dütchen) 1676




City of BRUNSWICK 12 Mariengroschen 1675 (note B mintmark at top of obv.)











































City of BRUNSWICK 12 Mariengroschen 1675

 

And here's a coin with 2 cities and a duke !

City of STRASBOURG Countermark (lily over shield with diagonal stripe) on obverse of City of BRUNSWICK 24 Mariengroschen 1676 with bust of Rudolf August Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
In 1681 Strasbourg countermarked foreign coins to authorize their circulation because of a coin shortage.

 

Remarkable piece! Thanks for sharing
John

 

Germany City of BREMEN Taler 1635

 

Germany EINBECK Mariengroschen 1659'

 

Does Hamm count as a city-state? I think it was part of the County of Mark, but
issued its own city coinage. This coin is oddly oval-shaped. I don't think it's just
an irregularly hammered piece, as the beaded border follows the perimeter pretty
closely. The other images I've been able to find online look much rounder.

 

You make a good point. Panzerman set this thread up for coins of City States, not just Cities. I am afraid he would probably say neither Einbeck nor Hamm qualify. although they were both members of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages and for centuries had a degree of autonomy, including the right to strike coins.

I am still glad you posted your intriguing Hamm oval 3 Pfennig.

 

Now it's summer and @panzerman is working 24 hour a day to keep half the gardens in Ontario in shape and restock his treasury, this interesting thread seems in danger of dying. To keep it going :

Germany ERFURT Kipper Taler 1622 Erfurt, a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages, was a independent city state from 1217 until 1664, when it fell under the dominion of Mainz.

 

Germany FREIBURG IN BREISGAU Taler n.d (1714)

After the signing of the Utrecht treaties which ended the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714, the French continued to be at war with Emperor Karl VI and with the Holy Roman Empire until hostilities, ongoing in the Rhineland, were ended with the Treaty of Baden (Switzerland) on 7 Sept. 1714. This taler was struck to celebrate of the Treaty of Baden.