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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5713153, member: 96898"]An interesting coin! I very much like your focus on early dated coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd call your coin a bracteate, though. The term "bracteate" mainly refers to the technique of striking high-relief, uniface coins from very thin planchets. In high medieval central Europe, many mints produced just a single type of coin without having different denominations. Thus, technical descriptions like "bracteate" or "dickpfennig" are often used instead of just calling these coins a "regional pfennig." </p><p><br /></p><p>"Scherf," on the other hand, is a name for a specific late medieval denomination (half of a pfennig). Here are some more early modern coins that technically are bracteates but have their own denomination names: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242806[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Cologne, City, BI heller ("möhrchen"), ca. 1676–1677 AD. Obv: three crowns (arms of Cologne) above line and tendril. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 11mm, 0.15g. Ref: Noss 486.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1242807[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Kamenz, City, CU "kipperpfennig", 1622 AD. Obv: eagle's wing with clover, value number "I". Rev: negative design (bracteate). 12mm, 0.16g. Ref: Slg. Merseburger 2753; Rahnenführer/Krug 271.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1242809[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Basel, City and Canton, AR "rappen," 17th c. Obv: crosier ("Baselstab") in shield with three v-shaped ornaments; all in dotted border. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 17.5 mm, 0.27g. Ref: HMZ 2–89a.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5713153, member: 96898"]An interesting coin! I very much like your focus on early dated coinage. I'd call your coin a bracteate, though. The term "bracteate" mainly refers to the technique of striking high-relief, uniface coins from very thin planchets. In high medieval central Europe, many mints produced just a single type of coin without having different denominations. Thus, technical descriptions like "bracteate" or "dickpfennig" are often used instead of just calling these coins a "regional pfennig." "Scherf," on the other hand, is a name for a specific late medieval denomination (half of a pfennig). Here are some more early modern coins that technically are bracteates but have their own denomination names: [ATTACH=full]1242806[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Cologne, City, BI heller ("möhrchen"), ca. 1676–1677 AD. Obv: three crowns (arms of Cologne) above line and tendril. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 11mm, 0.15g. Ref: Noss 486. [ATTACH=full]1242807[/ATTACH] Kamenz, City, CU "kipperpfennig", 1622 AD. Obv: eagle's wing with clover, value number "I". Rev: negative design (bracteate). 12mm, 0.16g. Ref: Slg. Merseburger 2753; Rahnenführer/Krug 271. [ATTACH=full]1242809[/ATTACH] Basel, City and Canton, AR "rappen," 17th c. Obv: crosier ("Baselstab") in shield with three v-shaped ornaments; all in dotted border. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 17.5 mm, 0.27g. Ref: HMZ 2–89a.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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