Here is a pretty neat little coin I picked up recently. It's a Medeival Polish Grosh from around 1331-1370. The stick figures have that 'Byzantine Tinker-Toy' look about them. It only weights 1.3grams and is a little over 20mm wide. Take Care Bone
Along with the Byzantine Tinker-Toy design, there's a Bulgarian Lego-Head motif on the reverse. Empire building can be fun if you use the right materials.
Bone, what you basically have there is a third generation type coin,a copy of a copy as it is.Here's how it worked.In the 12-14th centuries,the king of all Euro coinage was the Venetian grosso,always featuring Christ enthroned on on side and the local big guy posed on the other side of a staff from the local patron saint.It was the Yankee dollar of it's day.Next,the Balkan countries say "hey,we can do that too" and make coins that are patterned after grossi with the same layout but a bit cruder in the art department if you get my drift.Next,Poland,Hungary and a few other future eastern Bloc countries try their hand at it and your coin is the result.Reminds me of a first grader's artwork that you put on the fridge.You gotta love them though.:smile
Here are some Venetian ones for comparison. BTW,in no way am I demeaning your coin,au contraire,I love those Grosh's and need a few for my collection.I was just pointing out the sequence of events..LOL
