ID help about one coin

Tom,have you ever had coins from Danzig,East Prussia,Krakow,Poznan,& South Prussia? Some of these coins are very tough to find.

Aidan.

 

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I am afraid you're wrong here, Aidan. BURG refers to Burgundy, as the legend says: ARCHID(ux). AUS(triae) D(ux) BURG(undiae) STYRIAE. The legend refers to a duchy and Burgau was no duchy, Burgundy and Styria were for certain duchies.

bart

 

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Aidan. The BURG is not as you say `actually a reference to Burgau'. It is as I have already said, a reference to Burgundy. Please learn to get your facts right.

 

A silver six kreuzer piece minted at Breslau mint in Poland for circulation in Silesia. Monetary wise, in that condition (ie holed) it isn't worth much more than a couple of dollars to a collector. However as a `conversation piece' you can see that it has managed to occupy a few of us as well as producing at least one priceless comment.

 

The Austrian Empire used to be my key numismatic interest a decade or so ago. I still have a thousand or so coins ranging from the early 1500's through to present time (not including Poland etcetera).

 

How is Burgundy associated with Austria? I don't see the connection,as Burgundy is very French. I can see a connection with Burgau,as there are coins from Burgau that are known to have been struck in the early 19th Century.

Aidan.

 

The internet is an amazing resource. Since you appear to have figured out how to gain access to it, why not try using it for some research? I'm pretty sure you will find all you need to know if you just look. Here's a helping hand to start you on your road to enlightenment concerning the titles of Archduke Leopold VI, (aka Leopold I of The Holy Roman Empire).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

bon voyage on your road to discovery

 

That is a very good article.The Holy Roman Emperor's title was not very familiar to me.

Aidan.

 

Now think of the similarities between that scenario and the House of Orange. How come `Orange' (which, like Burgundy, is very French) is associated with the Dutch? How much of the history behind your favourite historical figure do you actually know Aidan?

Continue with your voyage of discovery Aidan. There is more to it than just that one article......besides, learning is for life.

 

Burgundy came associated with Austria when Mary of Burgundy, only child of Charles the Bold, inherited the country (together with their possessions in the Low Countries) and married with Maximilian of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor. They were the grand-parents of the famous Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Since that marriage, the Austrian Habsburgs wore the title of Duke of Burgundy.

This is history very familiar to me, as we had to learn this in High School. The Low Countries (which were possessions of the dukes of Burgundy) became Habsburg lands since then (the Netherlands becoming independent from Spain in the 17th century). As the eldest son of Maximilian and Mary, Philip the Fair, was married to the only daughter of Fredinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castilia, Isabella the Insane, also Spain came to the Habsburgs. Burgundy was captured by Louis XIV and became French in the 17th century, but the title stayed in the Habsburg family. On the coinage of Besançon, a city in the Franche-Comté and neighbour to Burgundy, the image of Charles V was used far after he deceased.

bart

 

Aidan, sorry for late answer: yes. Danzig (nowedays Gdansk) is very popular topic in my country. Take every Polish catalogue and you will find Danzig coins as Polish... Don`t you think it`s a little stupid? Freie Stadt Danzig was self-dependent country.
In my collection I still have a few coins of this city, also East Prussia (but minted in South Prussia in XVIIIth century), Grossherzogtum Posen (I enclose it to German States collection) and one of south Prussia.
Buying coins of Cracow and Danzig in my country is the risk: there are to many fakes on our market - very, very good fakes, as I discovered produced in Lithuania. Danzig`s fakes (mostly silver) are made even in ... Gdansk by jewellery workshops for German turists.


However, I was provoked by this thread and ... I bought silver 6 kreutzer of Leopold the "hogmouth" with SIL inscription for my collection. Diameter is 25,5 mm.