I think this is an interesting coin. It is a late mediaeval coin bearing a regular date. It is my earliest dated issue - a Goldgulden or Dukat for the german city of Nuerenberg. It depicts St. Laurentius on the reverse, and the Imperial Eagle with the date 1507 on the obverse. Does anybody know which is the earliest dated (arabic numerals) coin? Eduard
Oooh shiny. Nice coin. Was nurenberg the main western european mint back in the day? Seems that most jettons and such originate from there.
Nice ducat :thumb: It was a denier issued in Norway with the date 1234. You can find out a lot more about it and other medieval coins here - Medieval Coinage
Thank you GD, that is a very interesting site for reference. I never would have thought coins were dated as far back as the year 1234. My guess would have been for sometime in the 1400's. Nuerenberg was one of many german city states issuing coins in that period. Others that come to mind are Koeln, Brandenburg-Franken, Frankfurt, Mainz, Trier. All of these issued Goldgulden in that time. Some of which have beautiful designs like the cloins from Brandenburg-Franken. Here is one for example: Issued in the name of Albrecht Achilles i think, around the year 1480-1490 (the ruler at that time). Reading the lettering on these coins is a real challenge.
