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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 781255, member: 6370&quot;]Good advice, its probably better to let it rust away, then those that have been taken care of WILL be worth much more and more rare. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I LOVE the old Market Frau coin from Aachen!! Its one of my all time favorite coins from this time period. Honestly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris, I thought it might have been you who told me it was a bear but thanks for the clarification, I can update my pages for these coins now. Much appreciated as usual.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I find these coin to be quite fascinating and some of them are down right striking. Their reasonable price and interesting history makes them a great side collection project. When I cant afford to spend much money but want and interesting piece, I go out and add another to my collection... just to post a few examples of my favorites from my collection that I think are exceptional:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While it not my favorite, I believe this is the coin Chris referred to, the guy with the tongue, known as the Augenroller</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/coblenz1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/augenroller.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>The Augenroller:</b> <i>This coin depicts the Augenroller (Eye Roller) which is a relief of a mans face that can be found on the clock tower of a gothic building in the old historical section of Koblenz. Its eyes move back and forth ticking off the seconds and every hour and half hour its tongue will protrude from its mouth.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>The Augenroller depicts the knight Johann Lutter of Koburn who was accused of being a bandit. He was captured and after prolonged torture he is said to have confessed to his crimes and was sentenced to be beheaded on October 14, 1536. It is said that as he was led to the site of his execution he exclaimed in a loud voice &#039;Establish a monument to me and it will bring you luck!&#039;. While on the platform he is said to have rolled his eyes and stretched out his tongue for the spectators and once his head lay severed it continued to roll its eyes and flap its tongue. This was taken as a sign from god so the citizens established the Augenroller monument.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>The original Augenroller was destroyed during the second World War but a new one was erected and can be seen today under the clock on the tower of the beautiful gothic Mittelrhein Museum.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cachecoins.org/stadtcoblenz.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cachecoins.org/stadtcoblenz.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.cachecoins.org/stadtcoblenz.htm</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then there are the designs I find to be extra ordinary or very interesting:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/stadtduren.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/stadtduren1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/pirmasens.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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