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Köln/ Erzbistum
AV Goldgulden 1437 MCCCXXXVII

 

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France
AV ecu d'or au soliel 1567 MDLXVII
Saint-Lô Mint
Charles IX 1567-74

coins with date in AH

 

INDIA (Hyderbad)
Type: Ashrafi
Date: AH 1354//25 (1936)

 

“City View” coins


GERMAN STATES (Mainz)

Type: Ducat Date: 1795

Certification: NGC #2124314-004 Grade: MS 64 PL

Coin Information:

Design: OBVERSE: Cassocked bust facing right of Friedrich Karl Josef. Legend: FRID•CAR•IOS•AEP•ETEL•MOG•EP•W• The initials “F.S “ at the base of the bust ~ REVERSE: City view of Mainz on the Rhine River with legend “AVREA MOGVNTIA” (Gold from Mainz) above and year MDCCLXXXXV (1795) and mint inspector’s initials “I-A” (Joseph Aatz) below date.

Mint: Mainz
Mintage: ?
References: KM #411 / Fr. 1685
Specifications:
Diameter – 21.0mm
Weight – 3.500 g. @ 0.9860 Gold = .1109 oz AGW

Acquired: July 2009

Providence: None

Notes:

• Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate located on the Rhine River. It was a politically important seat of the Prince-elector of Mainz (Archbishopric of Mainz) under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire. Up until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English as Mayence.
• Friedrich Karl Joseph Reichsfreiherr von Erthal was last electoral prince and archbishop of Mainz from July 18, 1774 to July 4, 1802, shortly before the end of the archbishopric in Reichsdeputationshauptschlus (a law which established a major redistribution of territorial sovereignty within the Empire just prior to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 by Francis II during the Napoleonic Wars)
• This coin is a type commonly referred to as a “city view”, which is a common design theme used in various coins minted by the German States.
• A gorgeous type with superbly detailed reverse. Lovely cameo contrast among the flashy proof-like fields.

 

I have a number of these.

The first is a 1661 Thaler from Eisleben-German States


The second is a 1975 dated restrike of a Cologne Thaler

 

I have some too!

 

another
Pfalz/ Kurfürstentum
Karl Theodor
AV Dukat 1763
Mannheim Mint

 

Frankfurt

 

Sorry, we were posting at the same time but I'm pretty sure mine shows a church on the obverse.

 

AUSTRIA (Salzburg)
Ducat 1782 M

Certification: NGC #2754479-001 Grade: MS 62
Coin Information:
Design: OBVERSE: Bust of Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo ~ REVERSE: Temple
Mint: Salzburg
Mintage: Unknown
References: KM# 452 / Fr.887 / Probszt 2386

Specifications: Diameter - 21mm
Weight - 3.500 g. @ 0.9860 Gold = .1109 oz AGW

Acquired: Kunker Auction #125 / Lot#794 - June 2007
Providence: None

Notes:

• Hieronymus was the last Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1771 until 1803, when the Archbishopric was secularized.
• Hieronymus is known as the first patron of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Coin was minted to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the Bishopric.
• This coin is considered “RARE” in the numismatic community.
• The “M” on the obverse denotes the Engraver as Franz Xavier Matzenkopf, Jr.

 

YES!!!!!! I got it from Emporium Hamburg auction)
One sold in Heritage for 24KUS
The Gods were smiling on me!

 

That is amazing coin! I have a Quarter Dukat 1782 and a Dukat 1785 from Him. Salzburg struck awesome coin series, many Klippe up to 68 Dukaten a good chunk of change in 1600s. I have mostly 2/1/ 1/2/ 1/4 D Can't afford the AV 3-75Dukaten. Some series have odd denomination like 10/12/14/16D but NO value on coin, thus you had no idea. Stupid not to value them.

 

My best City view struck on the third day of Christmas! Our German Weihnacten is December 24th when Christ was born. We celebrate Kriskind instead of Santa.

Brandenburg/ Kurfürstentum
AV Dukat 1677
Berlin Mint
Friedrich Wilhelm der Grosse

 

Antonius Pius

 

Nürnberg/ under French Occupation
AV Dukat 1796
City View
After Prussians were defeated by French Revolutionary Army at Valmy 1792/