Germany 2 modest coins from City of BRUNSWICK (BRAUNSCHWEIG) Kipper 12 Kreuzer (Schreckenberger) 1621 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1/64 Taler 1625...
Italy GENOA Luigino (Giorgino) 1668 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry, in an absent-minded moment I referred to a stag on the reverse. It is, of course, the less common unicorn. There is a snake below it. I...
Although the number of participants was small, I was enjoying this thread and I am sorry to see it appears to be collapsing. Is the problem that...
Another emergency siege coin from long Dutch War of Independence against Spain: MIDDELBURG Uniface Daalder Siege Klippe (36 stuivers) 1572...
UNITED PROVINCES (Netherlands) CONCORDIA. RES. PARVAE. CRESCUNT (by concord/peace small things grow). [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
According to the website, Mainau belongs to the Bernadotte family, who are descendants of the Swedish royal family. Apparently in 1907, Grand Duke...
Germany HENNEBERG-ILMENAU Joint Issue of Princes of Saxony Reichstaler 1699 After Georg Ernst, the last count of Henneberg, died in 1583...
Sorry, could not get it to work. I can't imagine what I missed !
Here is an interesting little coin from the time of the Swedish intervention in the 30 Years' War. They were perpetually short of money but had...
I had never heard of Mainau Island. A lot of history for such a small place. Funny that 250 years after the Swedish occupation it should end up...
Sorry, a typo. 233.856 grams.
I think Pura Colon (iensis) refers to the Cologne Mark, a unit of weight equivalent to 233.856 which was the basis of the coinage standards of the...
I have posted these before on another thread but they seem relevant and additive to this one. IRELAND Henry VIII Half Groat with crowned H & A...
This little coin does not belong on this thread but I thought that, following your recent acquisition, you would enjoy the hound's head crest on...
The 30 Years' War was a tragedy for the German people According to Wikipedia. it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military...
Thomas Cromwell was a remarkable man but he was never Archbishop of Canterbury. The TC on these Canterbury coins is Archbishop Thomas Cranmer....
You are not the only one. I studied German in school and worked one summer in Germany but I still struggle. There is a German expression:...
But put in the shadow by your shining gold !
Germany SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH Ernst August Constantin 1/3 Taler 1756 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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