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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 3287687, member: 87271&quot;]Neat acquisition! Love that slight golden tone it has. Correct me if I am wrong, but by now I am starting to suspect you have a ‘slight’ soft-spot for coins from Metz! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins of a bishop: how about some gold from a city we visited? A dreadful photo of the only gold coin in my collection, struck by the bishop of Utrecht:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869186[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Standing St. Maarten (Martinus). SANCTE MERTIN’ EPIS’</p><p>Rev: Von Diepholt coat of arms in trefoil. MON&#039; RODLP&#039; EPISC’ TRAIET’</p><p><br /></p><p>A St. Maartens Goudgulden of Bishop Rudolf von Diepholt (1433 -1455). Rudolf was technically elected bishop of Utrecht in 1423, but due to a power struggle within the city of Utrecht (known as the ‘Schism of Utrecht’) wasn’t officially recognised by the pope until 1433. Since he is named as episcopus on this coin, it must have been struck after this date. These goudguldens were known under quite a few different names; St. Maartens goudguldens (after the image on the obverse) and Postulaatsgulden (after the earlier pieces struck by Von Diepholt, where he was postulated as bishop but not yet recognised by the pope) are amongst the most common. In vernacular however, they had a different name: Knapkoek! Knapkoek is somewhat difficult to translate, but refers to a special type of firm biscuit that makes a loud snapping sound when broken. These guldens were famous for their low gold content; they could easily be snapped in half![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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