City States coinage/ list yours

I really love that eagle! This is a great coin all around with an awesome historical tie.

 

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This is unusual, a coin of a Swiss city which was not also a canton.

ZOFINGEN 10 Kreuzer 1722

 

Long-time German States collector and long-time forum lurker here. Thought i'd finally take the plunge into posting, on this thread.

Frankfurt an der Oder 1622 1 Pfennig (uniface)

 

Welcome ! Nice little coin, from the "other Frankfurt", not so common. I look forward to seeing more of your coins

 

Thanks, Talerman! I've enjoyed seeing coins from your collection. I like collecting rare states/cantons, which usually means "settling" for minor and fractional coinage.

In sticking with the theme of this thread (city coinage), here is a St. Gallen Kreuzer (1715).

 

Italy GENOA Lira or 20 soldi 1675

 

Wow, that's a beautiful piece! Strong details on the crown and on St. John's face & robe. Maybe some doubling in the legend?

 

This is one of the unprepossessing and worst condition coins I have ever posted on Coin Talk and I am in some ways embarrassed to post it on a thread started by @panzerman with an absolutely beautiful Lubeck gold 1/4 ducat. However, he is now busy working 24 hours a day to keep half Ontario's gardens in shape and rebuild his Treasury for the autumn auctions so this is a good time to slip it in. It is apparently rare and I find it interesting and would like to share it

REVAL, City under Erik XIV of Sweden Pfennig 1562

Reval, the present Tallinn, capital of Estonia, was an independent city but in effect a a dependency of the Teutonic Order since the middle of the 13th century. With the decline of the Order and in the face of the growing threat from Russia, it surrendered its sovereignty to Sweden in 1561 It would finally capitulate to the Russians in 1710.
During the reigns of Swedish kings Erik XIV and Johan III coins were struck according to the old monetary standard of Reval. After 1591 coins were issued only according to the Swedish monetary standard. Minting ceased in 1681.
The Reval coat of arms was a cross.

 

Returning to @panzerman's concept of beautiful city coins, even if not up to the standard of his gold

Switzerland BASEL Taler n.d. (c. 1670)

Apparently Basel's basilisk arms were so well known they did not feel it necessary to name the city on their coins

 

Salzburg/ Erzbistum/ struck under Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II

 

Switzerland ZURICH Schanzentaler c. 1707

Hans Jakob Gessler I became mintmaster in 1706. The Schanzentaler (Fortifications Taler) was among his most famous works. Across the river one can see Grossmünster with its two towers and the smaller Predigerkirche recognizable on this side. The banks of the Fraumünster Church, at that time still with two small turrets, and St. Peter dominate. All the other towers are dynasty towers - old castles that once belonged to noble families. The new city walls and fortifications were built between 1642-78.

 

To compliment Talerman's beautifull Zurich Schanzentaler...
AV Dukat 1653 Basel Mint
Basel
This from has weakly struck center, either worn dies/ poor strike.

 

Stuttgart, circa 1740

 

Germany City of BREMEN 1/4 Taler 1651

 

Bavarian Ducat

 

Bern
AV Doppel Duplone 1793

 

Nice coin but it is not a city issue

 

another, before I head off to cut grass in the rain....

Frankfurt
AV Doppel Dukat
Commerates election of Franz II as new Holy Roman Emperor

 

another... from Milan
AV Ducato ND
Filippo Maria Visconti 1415-47 Duke of Milan