Featured Baroque Era (1600-1750) the apex of coinage

More coins from era....

 

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This era is great for coins, music, art, architecture.. baroque, with its ornate nature, should be revitalized in some way.

this is Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg.


This is Boston’s City hall. Which style would you rather have in your community?

 

Is baroque defined geographically as well as temporally? Does a Strasbourg 60 Kreuzer qualify? Ca. 1668

 

Here's a Saxon thaler from 1613.

 

Aachener 8 Marck piece. Not big (23 mm, 3.1 g) but fairly ornate...

 

Awesome Baroque coins! @Marsyas Mike your 3 Kreuzer for just $4 that's a great deal!

German States, Kingdom of Prussia, Friedrich II, ½ Friedrichs d'or:

The Friedrich d'Or was minted from around 1750 until around 1855. Shortly before that period there also was a Friedrich-Wilhelm d'or , minted from 1737 until 1740 by Friedrich II’s father.
Half Friedrichs d'Or traded for 2 ½ Thaler. It was issued in various styles 1749-86. The early issues are rare but the coin later came to be quite common and was imitated by other North German states as a five thaler gold coin. This ½ Friedrichs d'Or of 1751 shows four spikes on the reverse, usually there are three.

22 mm, 3.338 g
Berlin, 1751
KM 939; Schr. 97; Olding 405 b 2; Kluge 49.2; Friedberg 2387

Ob: FRIDERICUS BORVSSORUM REX Friedrich II facing right with cross and collar,
Rv.: Crowned eagle over military trophies four spikes on each side, 1751 A

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A Brandenburg-Preußen, Kingdom of Prussia, Reichstaler also from the same Fridericus
Breslau (Today Wroclaw, Poland), 1751
38 mm, 21.87 g
Olding 28 b; v. Schrötter 182 b, Davenport 2583; KM 256

Ob.: FRIDERICVS BORVSSORUM REX (Friedrich King of Prussia), Laureate portrait right
Rv.: EIN REICHSTALER 17 51 Crowned eagle flying (open wings), looking to the left above; right two and left three banner points

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And last but not least, my favorite

Leopold I, AR Taler
44 x 46 mm, 28.09 g
Kremnitz, 1692
Davenport 3262, KM 214.3. Huszar 1372; Voglhuber 225; Herinek 735;

Ob.: LEOPOLDVS [Madonna and child] D•G•RO•I•S •AVG•GER• [coat-of-arms] HV•BO•REX•, laureate, draped, and armored bust with lion-head shoulder right, titles divided by minute Hungarian Arms, Madonna with Child

Rv.: •ARCHIDVX•AVS•DVX•BVR•MAR•MOR•CO•TY•16/92, crowned Imperial double eagle holding scepter and sword, Hungary-Bohemia coat-of-arms within Order Chain on breast, K B across fields

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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Leopold I Taler 1696 Prague mint






Switzerland BASEL Quarter Taler n.d. (after 1700)






Spanish Netherlands BRABANT Albert & Isabelle 2 Ducatons 1618

 

Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Liard, 1650-1688, Copper

I do like this time period a lot. I mostly collect coppers and minor silvers which tend to be not quite as ornate as the larger silvers. They usually saw a lot of circulation, so they are often quite worn, and sometimes weakly struck.

 

Awesome coins!

Just got home from work/ cutting grass for 13 hours....

some more from my coll.

 

The top one looks like a human structure.
The bottom one looks like a beehive.

 

I think you can afford to get someone to cut the grass...

 

Cutting grass himself to not have to pay someone else to mow, of course. If he paid someone to do it, perhaps two or three of these coins would never have made it into his possession

 

That Basil 1/4 Ducat is sweet. I've always loved that dragon design.

 

No/ I am in the lawn/ garden business. I have 130 clients/ I am an "Army of One" so I work 95+ hrs aweek. Presently, I have worked 97 days straight/ 12-13 hrs a day. This is me in action....

 

A coin collector if ever I saw one ! Is that a metal detector ?