New Additions To My Collection

In Europe, copper coins were made and used by the ancient Romans but not really in the Middle Ages. Local trade was not so much money based, bartering was more common there. As far as I know, copper was used for coins again in the 17th century - very roughly, not sure about the timing.

When and where "low value" silver coins were used in (again roughly) the 12th to 14th century, they were mostly bracteates. Very thin, designed on one side only - and they did not necessarily have a long life for other reasons too: The rulers would, more or less regularly, declare old pieces invalid (renovatio monetae). You could turn them in and get - fewer - new ones instead, thus paying a kind of tax ...

Christian

 

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I believe this piece to be a discovery piece. It does not match
up with any of the pieces described in Bob Levinson's book.
I will send Bob the image and see what he says.

 

Both dates are at 11:00 in the pics. This is a Half Schwertgroschen.
Minted in Schneeberg.

 

Another example, nothing to brag about.

 

I think any and all are "brag-able".

 

Wow, I remain very impressed as you continue sharing the photos of your collection. Must have bee a lot of fun and happy hours putting this collection together.

 

@Robidoux Pass Thank you for the kind words. It is a lot of fun
working on this collection. It would be much more fun if I had a
BIGGER budget. My budget limits me in my choices. I guess I'll
just have to live with that. I have approximately 220 different pieces
in my collection. When I hit 300 then I will really slow down.
At that point either finances or extreme rarity ( 1-2 known)
will really slow me down. Many of the extreme rarities are either in
museums or Bob Levinson's collection.

 

I'll post a few more coins tomorrow. For a larger look at my
overall collection here is a link
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pr...utm_campaign=Feed:+cointalk+(CoinTalk+Update)
I hope you enjoy that as well.

 

I believe this to be a 1493 dated Half Groschen. I will send
a pic to Bob Levinson for his opinion.

 

This Half Schwertgroschen was minted in either Zwickau
or Schneeberg, per Levinson. This is from the Cervin collection.

 

There are two varieties for this coin.
A forward facing "2" and a backward facing "2". This is the forward
facing one.

 

This is the backward facing "2". Both Schillings minted in Damm.

 

This coin comes in two styles, one where the "2" is rounded as here.
The other where the "2" looks like a "Z". Over the years I've bid on
a "Z" but have lost it each time.

 

This is a Double Groschen. Seems to be missing the "1" in the date.

 

This Mariengroschen was minted in Aachen. Another of my favorites.

 

The Madonna is absolutely striking. Very interesting coin.

 

Great additions! As all are.

 

Maybe the minter decided that the leading 1 is obvious. I have seen Mariengroschen coins from Detmold in an auction catalog, both dated 1605. One says "1605", another one "605" ...

Christian

 

This is a Kreuzer minted in Graz. The "0" in the date
is very small and hard to see.

 

A Four Mites struck in Antwerp. Made from copper.