ENGLAND Charles I Shilling 1645 with A mm The A mm is now generally attributed to Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. However, there is no...
The condition of your Civil War coins is extraordinary !
And here is a 1624 Taler of the Franconian Circle itself. When coinage laws for the whole Empire were formulated by the Diet of Augsburg in...
Germany BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH Christian Ernst Medallic Taler 1664 Christian Ernst was under the regency of Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of...
This is a minor coin and not in nearly as good condition as @ycon's two beauties but it complements them MILAN Ludovoco Maria Sforza, il Moro,...
Italy GENOA Lira or 20 soldi 1675 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Welcome ! Nice little coin, from the "other Frankfurt", not so common. I look forward to seeing more of your coins
It was sold to me as Katherine Howard by a knowledgeable dealer but I have to admit the K is far from clear, unlike your beautiful coin. It does...
Yes, beautiful condition coins for the period. A real pleasure for the eye.
ENGLAND Charles I Halfcrown n.d. (1643-4) struck at Worcester (small W between horse's legs on obv.) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don't find such a halfcrown with a boar's head mm in my Spink catalogue, which admittedly is 2009. I suppose it is in the current catalogue....
This is unusual, a coin of a Swiss city which was not also a canton. ZOFINGEN 10 Kreuzer 1722 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
England Philip & Mary Shilling n.d. (1554-58) I love the facing busts design but it is difficult to find them in even good VF. The English ones...
TUSCANY and Ferdinando I Piastre 1601 (with St. John baptising Jesus) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and a 1607 Tallero for Pisa [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Two more Tuscans Francesco I Piastre 1575 (with St. John Baptist looking the other way) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coins and very interesting write-up. You should also post this on the "Post Your Renaissance Coins!" thread.
Ycon, thank you for your comment. I have to admit I took the Cellini attribution from Berman without thinking about it. When I looked at the coin...
An insignificant little coin but a famous diecutter PAPAL STATES Clement VII 1/2 Giulio (Grosso) n.d. (1523-34) Struck from dies engraved by...
A slightly dwarfish wild man and his taller wife Germany City of ERFURT Taler 1548 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Germany FREIBURG IN BREISGAU Taler n.d (1714) After the signing of the Utrecht treaties which ended the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714,...
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