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

I have been super busy work!
I forgot this 1674
Holy Roman Empire/ Silesia
AV 1/6 Dukat 1674 SHS
Breslau Mint
HRE Leopold I 1665-1705

 

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Mughal Gold Mohur of Aurangzeb from 1673 (minted in Kabul):

 

Great coin!
Aurangzeb was best Mughal Emperor, he expanded his domain by successfull campaigns.

 

I thought I had a representative for 1669, maybe I do maybe I don't. I'll keep looking. In the meantime here's a cob for 1670.

Viceroy of Peru, Potosi, Charles II 8 reales,1670 E.
KM 26
27.2 grams



The Lacemaker, Vermeer, 1669

 

Time for 1668

Austria 1/2 Thaler

 

GB Shilling 1668:

 

Netherlands, United Provinces, Campen, ducaton, 1668.
Davenport 4945
32.42 grams



Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait, 1668

 

That is real art! Compared to trash like Picasso. modernistic kitch we see today.

 

This is a scarce one. Malta 1668 Luigino. This is almost identical to the coin issued to circulate in the Italian States (Lucca). These rarely come up for sale. AC search doesn't show a sale in the last 4 years. Currently there is one on MA Shops listed for 10X what I paid.



Malta Luigino 1668 Nicolas Cotoner (1663 - 1680)
Minted in Italy for use in Malta

Obverse: Female bust right

Reverse: Crowned coat of arms (cotton plants instead of lilies) between year

Catalog: vgl. Cammarano 200b
Material: Silver
Weight: 2.10 g

 

I don't have anything for 1667, hopefully someone does. A couple nice pieces are waiting for the next year though.

 

I just have this GB Crown for 1667:

 

New Spain, Mexico, Philip IV, 8 reales, 1667, assayer G over P. From an Indonesian salvage.
KM 45
25.4 grams




The Jewish Bride, Rembrandt, 1667

 

I am in a null zone for now...

 

Let's move on to 1666. My 2 includes one that I have had for less than a month.



4 Thaler minted for the 80th birthday of August II.



And a Thaler for his death later the same year.

 

Nice!

Spanish Netherlands, Charles II, AR patagon, 1666, Burges.
Delmont 344
28.17 grams


France, Louis XIV, demi ecu, Montpellier, 1666. Apollonian portrait.
KM 202.11
13.60 grams


Netherlands, United Provinces, Gelderland, ducaton, 1666.
Davenport 4947
32.35 grams


1666 was the year of plague in London and the Great Fire which burned down much of the city and ended the plague. A movie was made in 1995, Restoration, that covers this period and event. Here's the trailer:
https://www.google.com/search?q=res...ate=ive&vld=cid:40d129fb,vid:CvsAuHYBgEQ,st:0




The Art of Painting, Johannes Vermeer, 1666-1668

 

@Chris B That 4 taler is amazing. If I had a coin like
that it would be under my pillow every nite!!

 

All I have to offer is another GB Crown:

 

Here is my final offering for 1666. Another Wildman Thaler