I have to agree with @Chris B - multiple talers. The bigger the better.
I thought that was you! A great set - you picked a worthy focus. Congrats.
Apologies to all for taking this down a rabbit hole. All the research I have done is inconclusive. I suspect the cataloguers at NGC, Keunker,...
New arrival today and I am both intrigued and fascinated with it. Its a Lübeck Hochzeitstaler (wedding taler), but what makes it unusual is the...
Chris B - great year in review. I recall watching several of those pieces in the respective auctions. I am partial to the Munster piece in...
Thanks @Gallienus! Most would agree that the most commonly recognized standard for talers is Davenport (DAV-). In the case of these Mainz...
A new taler addition last week to accompany the 1/2 taler of the same year. Struck upon the death of Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg,...
1662 CR Saxe-Weimar "death taler" struck for Wilhelm IV, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. One year type: DAV-7550, KM84.1. Obverse features two hands...
Outstanding! I really like that design.
Here are a few other pieces that strongly exhibit the baroque style and ornate detail. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The baroque era is the sweet spot within my focus area of German States bishopric material. This one was my newest addition a few weeks ago....
I recently picked up a new sede vacante medal from Bamberg and I just realized it is also a J.L. Oexlein. Classified as Zepernick 67 / Heller...
Excellent addition Chris B!
@talerman - my heart skipped a beat seeing that Munster bishopric piece. Outstanding details!
1801 Teutonic Order - 10 Kreuzer - Struck to commemorate the death of Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, the Elector of Cologne and the Grand...
Beautiful example!
Congratulations Chris! I am partial to the nice originality of #1 and #3. I think you scored a huge win on the mining taler. I will be curious to...
1669 Saxe-Weissenfels taler. This was a 1 year "death taler" struck to commemorate the death of August's (Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels) wife Anna...
Hard to tell with those pics. One might argue that the denticles were smashed/squeezed rather than soldered. Either way, I suspect it would earn...
Those might be adjustment marks rather than scratches. Commonly found in some german states issues to ensure coin was within weight tolerance.
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