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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2683086, member: 10461&quot;]Heavily polished and ex-jewelry, so it will be worth less than the Krause values [USER=76266]@longshot[/USER] posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, it&#039;s not a totally displeasing piece, and the retoning gives enough darker contrast around the lettering and devices to make the design stand out nicely.&nbsp; As mentioned, the crisscross scratches are likely mint adjustment marks done with a file to the blank flan,&nbsp; prior to striking, for weight adjustment purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse abbreviations <b>D.G.MAX.IOS.U.B.D.S.R.I.A.&amp;EL.L.L.</b> equate to <i>Dei Gratia</i> [by the grace of (God)] <i>Maximilian Joseph, Duke of both Bavarias, Archdapifer and Elector of S.R.I., Landgrave of Leuchtenberg.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what the &quot;S.R.I.&quot; was.&nbsp; I looked up &quot;archdapifer&quot; and found a rather interesting definition from the 1828 Webster&#039;s dictionary:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/archdapifer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/archdapifer" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">webstersdictionary1828.com</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a funny one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Suffice it to say, ol&#039; Maximilian Joseph had an awful lot of titles, but that&#039;s the first time I can recall seeing reference to someone being a &quot;horseback-riding meat carrier&quot; on a coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Nowadays the emperor would probably just call Domino&#039;s Pizza or its German equivalent, right?)&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;A&quot; mintmark would, in this case, be for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberg" rel="nofollow">Amberg</a>, though usually an &quot;A&quot; mintmark on a German coin indicates Berlin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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