[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

Saxony.
1/12 of thaler 1695.

 

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1695 -- Saxony-Albertine, 1/12 thaler:

 

Another shilling from me - 1695:

 

Well it has gone very quiet on this thread, so I suppose I had better press on! We are onto William and Mary now, so here are two coins - a Fourpence and a farthing.

 

1694 -- Hanau-Lichtenburg, 2 albus:

 

i'll share my 1693. don't have anything until 1681

 

1694 British Halfpenny, S-3452, copper.


Prior to 1694, halfpennies and farthings of William and Mary were coined in tin. This is a carryover from the reign of James II when all halfpennies and farthings were struck in tin. However by 1694 the tin coinage was unpopular, so the minting of halfpennies and farthings in copper resumed in 1694. Mary died of smallpox on 28 December 1694. The coinage of 1695 has William’s bust singularly. So copper halfpennies and farthings of William and Mary were only produced in 1694.

I only have 6 years left.

 

The only one I have:
Denmark 4 Mark 1693

 

1693 William and Mary Half Crown. I love the design of these coins with the date in a circle around the centre.

The date confused the heck out of the die makers and they frequently got the last digit upside down and then corrected it, as I think happened here.
The W and M monogram in the quarters on the reverse was used extensively in architecture at the time. Where I grew up there was a long wall with this symbol picked out in dark bricks against red - looked very stylish.

 

1693 -- Mainz, 12 kreuzer:

 

A coin I bought for my husband--he is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, which was established in 1693.



and with this, I am out!

 

France.
1692: 4 sols 2 deniers.

 

1692 -- Salzburg, 4 kreuzer:

 

This time a Crown - slightly larger than a Morgan Dollar for those not familiar. This one clearly shows the die-makers confusion over the date - ending up with a blundered 2.

 

Looks like I'm on my own for a bit! For 1691 I have a fourpence - sadly holed but otherwise the clearest coin I have for the year:

 

1691 -- Salzburg, 3 kreuzer:

 

Best I can do for 1690 is another fourpence - at least not holed this time:

 

I am late....
Here my AV 1691-I (Limoges Mint) Louis d'or
Louis XIV 1643-1715 Sun King of France
EX: Heritage 2014 auction

 

1690 -- Hungary, 15 krajczar:

 

September of 1689 gun money shilling!