Taler from 1857 showing the Eschenheimer Turm. This is a tower and gate erected in the 15th century as part of the old city's fortifications....
Since we are on Frankfurt, I will post the remainder of my coins from the Free City of Frankfurt: 1/2 Gulden 1841: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 2 Gulden...
@Collect89 and @Steve66: thank you for posting your German State coins! @Chris B, I see that our tastes run alike:). Out of the 3 different...
That is what the Encyclopedia of "Colonial and Early American Coins" calls it.
@chrisild, does this guy sell on MA-shops? I don't recall ever seeing his stuff on there and I use MA-shops regularly. He doesn't seem to use the...
I will post a few of my coins from Frankfurt. The City-View coins are specially nice. Here is a Doppeltaler and a 6-kreuzer piece showing the...
@jgenn, that is a beautiful Franconia Doppeltaler! That is a type I am still missing in my collection.
@Chris B, that is a fantastic 24 Groschen! The type of coin german collectors pay a premium for given so many have been brightly cleaned. One of...
@TheGame, that Kreuzer 1840 seems quite nice. It is a one-year type with 480000 struck in Saalfeld with dies by G. Wiskemann.
You are of course correct. I meant to emphasise that, as opposed to the restrikes, the original coinage was officially approved by the American...
This is certainly not the first seller to offer severely impaired (to put it mildly) coins at premium prices. Ebay actually abounds with such, as...
Brandon, this seller usually has a nice selection of coins and is to be recommended. This is a link to his pre-1871 German State coins which you...
This is the best Frankfurt city view 6K that I could find for the money. (just a little bit more than you want to spend, though. Maybe??)...
I can only agree with you, Randy. Whatever the lore surrounding them, the fact remains they were minted by individuals outside of the mint and...
A nice 1/2 Gulden from Wuerttemberg:...
I like German State coinage. I will post a few suggestion as I find them:...
Further "UGH!" examples from this seller:...
Yeah, this is so 'out of range' that I am giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he got the decimal point wrong.....
Had a good laugh this morning:...
This thread is dedicated to the coins minted by the states which formed the German Confederation (Deutsche Bund) in the 19th. century. The German...
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