@HoledandCreative You are DEFINATELY NOT who I was describing in my comment. The people I associate with at work and socially. They get a glazed look in their eyes and pretend to be interested, even after the fact that THEY wanted to see my collection. You on the other hand have shown great enthusiasm and ask questions that are very relevant to the topic. Lucky for me I can answer them. How about posting some of your treasures here so that I and others can enjoy them.
@panzerman Thank you for the kind words! I will have one more piece from Julich to post. One or two others need Todd's magic. Those gold Dinars are in great condition. All from different mints. That Hamburg ducat is a favorite of mine. I hope to upgrade mine one day. For now it will have to do.
Here is my Brandenburg-Franconia AV Goldgulden 1499 Schwabach Mint Friedrich IV Von Hohenzollern Margrave
@panzerman That Brandenburg is beautiful. I'm going to send my piece to Todd soon. Mine pales in comparison to your coin.
That Dehli piece is choice. Are there any differences in the Islamic script on your Dinars and Dehli pieces.
This is the first copper piece with a date. Struck at Antwerp. The copper pieces are some of my favorites.
First things first/ please your coin posts are great, the more the better. Thanks for sharing your amazing coins I am learning a lot.... Some notes, that Brandenburg coin was an "unsold" lot, from German auction, so I snapped it up for starting price. I got a 1516 recently from V-Nummus auction, in MS. Islamic coinage, I have about 120, they all have script (that I cannot decipher) Every coin has name of ruler/ mint/ AH date/ slogans/ etc. Islamic gold coins are easy to get in FDC/MS then early dated European gold coins. Here is a .... AV Goldgulden 1516 Brandenburg-Franconia Margraviate Schwabach Mint Georg Der Fromme/ Casimir