Then it must be 1 1/2 altin KM#343. Very, very nice coin!
It is difficult to tell what coin it is, as you don't mention diameter nor weight. It gives me the impression it is a 5 para KM#300 struck on a...
I have the same one, but from 1826. The head was designed by Pistrucci, the same artist who designed the "St-George and the dragon"-design on...
The first coin is indeed a 1/4 kreuzer C#3 from the German county Wied-Runkel. The crowned monogram GW doesn't stand for the ruler (Johann...
You have indeed a 20 kreuzer from Bavaria in the name of Maximilian III Joseph. It is listed in Krause as Bavaria 20 kreuzer KM#251 and was...
The best example of an overstruck coin in my country (Belgium) is the 2 centimes (lion) which was overstruck on Dutch 1 cent pieces just after the...
I agree with Bonedigger and Daggarjon: a cast copy of a Saxon 2 thaler-coin (Saxony KM#872), issued on the death of Friedrich August I. So, no...
You're right, John! This thaler is listed in Krause as Fürstenberg-Stühlingen KM#30 1 thaler. The person depicted however is not Joseph Wenzel,...
This medal is in memory of exchanging connuptial vows between Friedrich II of Hesse-Cassel (Fridericum Landgr. Hass) and princess Mary, daughter...
About the "Catholic" medal with the Latin inscriptions: I suppose this is a medal honoring the canonization of St. Michael de Sanctis and the 26...
I.M. = Ihre Majestät S.K.K.H. = Seine Kaiserliche und Königliche Hochheit Under the Protectorate of Her Majesty the Empress and Queen and of...
That's a very nice Austrian 20 kreuzer you are showing (Austria KM#2030). It is a posthumous issue of Franz I, who was married with the famous...
The VOC-logo stands for "Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie" (=United East India Company), the name of the Dutch East India Company.
Hi Brian, These are yet some other examples of very interesting coins, especially the 1/12 thaler of Pomerania. It shows the initials of the...
Krause gives a catalog value for this coin (1 pfennig 1900J) as: VF:1$/XF:3.50$/Unc:8.50$ bart
Very nice coin, Brian! I really like it! Note also the initials FR. Though the head of the pricipality of Hesse-Cassel had the title of langrave,...
@Brian, you're right. I didn't think of Nassau-Dietz, which was a possession of the Orange-Nassaus. William V Batavus was the father of the...
That's true, Aidan. The House of Nassau-Weilburg is of the Walramian line of the Nassau-family. As you can read in the article you mention, at...
The genealogy of the House of Nassau is a bit more complicated. The second count of Nassau, Henry the Rich (ca.1180-ca.1250) had 3 sons, Walram,...
That's a very beautiful coin you have there, Bonedigger! The legends read as : MONETA MAGNI DUCAT(U)s LITVA(nia) or Coin from the grand duchy...
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