IRELAND Henry VIII (1509-47) - with Katherine Howard Groat n.d. (1540-42) Harp on reverse divides a crowned H and a crowned K. Katherine's...
Here is a later Philip II Philipsdaalder for BRABANT, dated 1588, minted in Antwerp. An interesting difference is that Philip's arms now include...
Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine was the last ruler of Château-Regnault, a small principality in the Ardennes region in NE France, close to modern...
Germany City of BRUNSWICK 1/64 Taler 1625 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Fortunately. Friedrich Popken had items for a wide variety of budgets: Germany City of BRUNSWICK (under suzerainty of Rudolf August, Duke of...
AND AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE BERN Vierer (1/2 Kreuzer) 1680 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Germany JULICH Uniface 12 Stuber Siege Klippe 1621 (overstruck on teston of Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg) A Dutch garrison under...
One of the great things about numismatics is that it can be enjoyed over a huge range of countries, topics, time periods and budgets. Although my...
WOW! 550 BC and so sophisticated !
Very beautiful coin as usual / panzerman !
Germany AUGSBURG 1/2 Taler 1694 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
51.52 g. It is slightly underweight for a 2 Taler and is sometimes called a 1 3/4 Taler. 47 mm diameter. They never struck minors, just 2...
Meanwhile, further north religious conflicts between the new Protestant movements and Catholics were in full swing in Germany. In 1534 one...
Germany JULICH-BERG Johann Wilhelm II Taler 1682 This was struck in Mulheim. If I remember correctly, @panzerman's home town is not so far...
TOURNAI Siege 8 Sols 1708 (when a French garrison was being besieged by Allied troops during the War of the Spanish Succession) Reverse: MONETA...
And here is a little silver cousin with 2 lions Switzerland ZURICH 1/4 Taler (1/2 Gulden) 1652 Type with broader flan [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Germany Joint Issues of the Counts of STOLBERG Wolf Ernst, Johann, Heinrich XI (or XXII), Ludwig Georg & Christoph II Reichstaler 1598 (There...
And after Deventer, Bombing Bernard moved on to Kampen, which also decided to capitulate quickly. The French Count Gacé was made Governor.. Faced...
A similar obverse appears on this 1603 Nuremberg Kerzendreier (baptismal token): [IMG]
Another Venetian winged lion Italy VENICE Mario Grimani Medal of 6 Lire 1603 (To commemorate the treaty between Venice and Graubünden in...
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