How does the male lion manage it in the modern world ?
Germany City of JEVER Maria Gemeintaler 1572 This coin was called a Gemeintaler or Gemeinschafts (community) Taler because, although struck in...
Late entries. I found the following on the ANS website. Unfortunately they have no photos so they don't count. It's a pity we never got an Islamic...
Somebody was taking no chances
Juan de Homedes was born in Aragon around 1477. He eventually joined the Order of Saint John on Rhodes, and fought bravely in the 1522 Ottoman...
And here is DEVENTER again in trouble in 1672 After the secret Treaty of Dover between France, England, the Bishopric of Münster and the...
NUREMBERG Reichsguldiner (60 Kreuzer) 1638 On the obverse is St. Sebaldus, the patron saint of Nuremberg who is interred in St. Sebaldus...
Spain, where they also charge export taxes on coins
SAME WAR, a bit earlier United Provinces/ Holland Holland lion c/m on 1572 City of Cologne 1/2 Taler. The lion in circle c/m is at 3 o'clock on...
HUNGARY Wladislaw (Ulaszlo) II Jagiello Taler or Guldiner 1506 42 mm 25.17 g [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
United Provinces FRIESLAND Lion Daalder 1607 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And Albrecht appears to be smoking a cigar !
Here is a coin with a similar story but with a much less drastic outcome: Germany MECKLENBURG Albrecht VII The Handsome 2 Schilling 1525 with...
The history is so grisly but the coins are so beautiful and peaceful !
I have to say this "Finders Keepers" attitude to coins discovered in the ground is what rightly has got the archaeologists upset. A coin, and...
This thread seems to have gone quiet for a while Netherlands DEVENTER Uniface 1/2 Daalder Siege Klippe 1578 During the Dutch War of...
HUNGARY Lajos (Ludwig) II 1 1/4 Taler 1525 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That isn't completely true and needs some context. Elizabeth had little interest in the doctrinal differences that were so important to Catholics...
If Henry VIII debased his English silver issues in later years, his Irish coinage was even worse. Here is a half groat struck in London for...
SCOTLAND Charles II 1/8 Dollar (1/2 Merk or 6 Shillings 8 Pence) 1676 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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