Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel located in the north-central part of Germany. It was a rather small German country. In the XVIIIth century the ruler of B/W (Carolus I the Duke) married with Phillippina-Charlotta (she was a sister of Friedrich II the Great). They had 13 (!) children. During the reign of Carolus I (1735-1780) B/W become a one of the educatoin centers of Germany, 'cos Carolus I founded a modern Technical College.
The TU Braunschweig (English: "Braunschweig University of Technology" resp. “University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology”) is the oldest University of Technology in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the most renowned and largest German Institutes of Technology. Today it has about 13,000 students, making it the third largest university in Lower Saxony. Research projects include Micro Air Vehicles, hybrid engines, and Digital Video Broadcasting. Its complete name is Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (official translation University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunschweig_University_of_Technology Now, I gotta have a coin. The research agenda demands one before publication can be contemplated.
Beautiful coins Siberian Man, I always loved that design with the horse. I have a groshen from 1858 Hannover that has a similar horse. I know it was used for several different states. I can see why you like your 1764 2/3 thaler so much, it's very nice indeed.
By the way, while the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Kingdom of Hannover do not exist any more, the horse is still "present" in that area: The CoA of Lower Saxony, one of Germany's states, shows a horse. The neighboring state of North Rhine Westphalia also has the horse as one of three CoA elements ... Christian
Deutsch Ostafrika You're Welcome Siberian Man, you truly have an amazing world coin collection. I always enjoy looking at your pictures and threads. Christian, that is an interesting bit of info. I am not too good with modern European geography. Your location says 'NW . DE . EU' so you live in Germany then I take it? On my mother's side, my Grandmother was from Germany, a city called Marburg(sp?) and my Grandfather was from Copenhagen, Denmark. My mother said something about there being more than one Marburg in Germany though... she said the one that her mother was from was a University town, and possibly near a river.... not that that is much help heh. The Grandmother from Germany, her maiden name was Hisgen. I don't know if Siberian man, or anyone else here is interested in the coins of Deutsch Ostafrika, but I was wondering what you guys think of this 1906 J - 1 heller. I already know the info on it, mintage et cetera. I was just wondering what you guys think of the condition... it looks pretty nice to me, almost like it has some remaining lustre, despite the noticeable wear... it's hard to tell as I took the photos through a coin flip. I found this coin in the '5 for a dollar' wold coin bin at my coin shop. Quite a good find, .20cents US well spent heh.
Well, "NW" is for the state of North Rhine Westphalia, "DE" is for the Federal Republic of Germany, and "EU" is for the European Union. The German thing is just one part of that. In Germany there is one Marburg, by the way, a university city in the state of Hesse, on the Lahn river. Seems that is the place where your grandmother is from. Might be the wrong topic, hehe, but sure is a nice piece. And 1906 J (Hamburg) is not exactly a common year/mint combination. So even though it is not in excellent condition, 20 cents sure was a bargain ... Christian
Ah, I understand... I don't know why my mother thought there were two Marburgs. Thanks alot for the info, It is nice to know the state and area she is from. As far as the Ostafrika coin, yes I was happy just to find the 1906 1 heller in there, I didn't even notice it was the Hamburg mint, rather than the more common A for the Berlin mint, untill after I got home, so that was a bit of a pleasant surprise. And, yes I know it's not exactly on-topic... but I don't really have any other nice German States coins that are on topic
