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Outstanding coins!!!!!!
Historical info is most enlightening

 

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Thanks, @PaddyB, for filling the gap !

 

Sorry, I clicked Reply too soon. Your coin, PaddyB, is a Livonian Order Schilling struck, as you say, in Riga, by Walther von Plettenberg, Master 1494-1535. The partly worn legend on your reverse (which some consider the obverse since it has the name of the issuing Master) reads WOLT DE PLETT ENB MAG LIV. On the other side is MONE NOVA RIGENSIS. The references are Davenport East Baltic 29, Hutten-Czapski 4323 and Fedorov 465.

 

1530 Germany ISNY Batzen




1530 HUNGARY Another Ferdinand I Denar struck at Gvozdansko by Count Nikolaus Zrinyi under his concession to mint royal denars. This one has the mintmark N S (= Nikolaus Serin, German form of Zrinyi)

 

Great coins ! PaddyB and Talerman

I have a 1529...
AV Dukat klippe 1529 Vienna Mint
Ferdinand I
1529 was a bad year for Ferdinand I of Habsburg. After interfering in the affairs of Hungary, Sulieman finally had enough and sent his Ottoman army to take Vienna. However, the bad Winter weather, plus extended supply lines hampered the Turkish forces. Vienna held, but suffered huge losses, the Turks lost 15K dead/ wounded/ captured.

 

Here are 2 more from 1529

POLAND Sigismund I The Old Crown issues for Prussian territories struck in Thorn
Schilling 1529
Incidentally, this is one of the relatively few encapsulated coins in my collection. Someone sent it in to NGC, who graded it AU-53, whatever that may mean for a 16th century hammered coin. For me it is VF +.




SPAIN Perpinyà (Perpignan) Carlos I (1516-56 - also Emperor as Charles V)
Sou (Sueldo) 1529 (date above obverse arms - very difficult to see without a strong magnifying glass). Reverse with St. John the Baptist holding a lamb

 

Two for 1528

Germany MECKLENBURG Albrecht VII Groschen 1528


1528 HUNGARY Yet another Ferdinand I Denar struck at Gvozdansko by Count Nikolaus Zrinyi under his concession to mint royal denars. This one has the mintmark N G

 

Nice coins as usual!
I agree with you on TPG. They seem to do an OK job with "milled coins", however their "Hammered" grades are very liberal. Kunker reflects this in their grades, a NGC graded MS-65 Charles V Pied d'or was only Vorz/EF in Kunker auction....so from MS-GEM65 t0 EF!!!!! IF a coin is MS it should absolutely show NO wear from circulation/ handling. Maybe the MS60-69 should AU60-69????

 

1528 HUNGARY/TRANSYLVANIA Johann von Zapolya Another Denar, this one with the mintmark IV. I have not been able to find out what mint or mintmaster IV represents. Would welcome anyone's suggestions.



1527 HUNGARY/TRANSYLVANIA Johann von Zapolya Yet another denar, this one with the mintmark KT (= Kremnitz, Jacobus Tornallyai or Alexius Thurzo, mintmaster)

 

nice coins!
The symbol I-V was one of the many different Mint marks used to describe Karlsburg/ also known as Weissenberg/ Ailia Julia....
John

 

Panzerman, thank you for this information. I had searched everywhere for an explanation of IV without success. If I may be allowed to go back 2 years for a moment, perhaps you can also help with this denar I just acquired.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Ferdinand I HUNGARY (Habsburg part) Denar 1529 with BH mm on rev.

What is BH ?

 

@talerman If I may, I can shed some light on your Denar. In the
Huszar catalogue it is listed with the Ref.# 937. It listed as an R7.
For a Denar that would be in the middle of rarity ratings, with the
KB being R1/R2, the KH, KG and KA, R3- R8. Other Denars from this
time period with other mintmarks and mint master letters span a
wide range R3-R10. I can't give rarity pops because I could not find
them in the book. Getting back to your coin, the "B" might stand for
Buda, the city on the western side of the Danube. The "H" probably
is short for Hans, the German name for John. The rarity ratings should
not be taken as the Gospel truth. Dozens of hoards of Denars from
this time period have come to light since the Huszar wrote his book.

 

@talerman Your 1528 Denar with the I V is listed in Huszar with
the Ref.#881. It is an R4 on the rarity scale.

 

Yes, my name is Hans/ originally Johann. When we emigrated to Canada, my Dad just referred to me as "John".
Buda would make sense for mint. I have several goldgulden from Sigismund of Luxemboug, Matthias Corvinus with Buda mint mark.

 

Thank you, @tibor. I have the Huszar book but, as you know, he only gives limited information on mintmarks. I liked your suggestions for BH and started searching for a Buda mintmaster of this period called Hans or Johannes. The marvels of the internet ! I found a paper by GYÖNGYÖSSY MÁRTON in a Hungarian publication called BUDAPEST RÉGISÉGEI XLIX. 2016 on the internet with fortunately a German summary I could understand. Here is my translation in case you are interested:

THE LAST YEARS OF MEDIEVAL COINING IN OFEN (apparently the German name for BUDA)

The coinage stopped in Ofen for some years after the battle of Mohács. However, in 1529 the Hungarian Chamber concluded a contract with Hans Haller in which he was empowered to strike coins at Ofen in the name of Ferdinand I (1526-1564).
The mint was only in operation for a few months, striking denars with the mintmark
B-H (Buda-Haller). Haller fled before the troops of King Johann von Zapolya (János Szapolyai in Hungarian, 1526-1540) with his mint to Pressburg, where he continued his activities. He first struck denars with the mintmark B-H, later with P-H
(Pressburg-Haller). Zapolya, however, founded a new mint in Ofen which first struck silver denars with the mintmark A-B , later without a mintmark but decorated with the arms of the Gritti family. In those years the Treasurer Lodovico
Gritti was also responsible for the coinage. His local coins are the last medieval Hungarian money minted in Ofen.

I apologise for breaking the theme of this thread but I thought this little discovery might be of interest to collectors of coinage of this period.

 

@talerman WOW!!! That write up and all of the research you must
have done is AMAZING!!! I'm ashamed to say that my reason for knowing
what little that I do know about Denars from this time period is self serving.
My grand mother on my fathers side of the family was a Thurzo before
she married. The family thought that they were related to the Medieval
mint masters. After some research I found out that two branches of the
Thurzo family died out in the mid 1500's. The third branch in the very early
1600's. No possible connection. In the Huszar reference there are dozens
of mintmarks from this time period. I wish I could read German well enough
to do the type of research that you do. Am I correct that pop. numbers
are not described in his book. I am surprised that this thread is moving so
slowly. Between the Hungarian Denars and the Polish Groschen I thought
that we would be pretty close to 1510 by now. Oh well. I have many of
the dates to get to 1503 but my photo skills are non existent. When
we get to 1499 is it one year per day? Thanks again for all of the
research!

 

Thank you, @tibor, but you set me on the right track with your suggestion that the B in BH had to be Buda. I should have thought of that (as I failed to spot that IV was obviously Alba Julia or IVlia until @panzerman pointed it out).

I also have poor photo skills but I have a good scanner which makes taking pictures fairly easy. The best photos are better but the scans for these kinds of coins (when you are not arguing about MS 62 or 63 etc.) are more than adequate.

 

Since @tibor is getting impatient, here are 2 small coins for 1526

Germany City of REGENSBURG Pfennig 1526




and yet another denar from HUNGARY
This one is in the name of King Lajos (Ludwig) II, the last independent king of Hungary killed fighting the Ottomans at the battle of Mohács in 1526. The mintmark is KB (= Körmöcbánya or, in German, Kremnitz,)

 

Regensburg coin is lovely!

Here is my 1526....
AV Goldgulden 1526 Kremnitz Mint
Lajos II
This coin was struck at the time when Sulieman's Ottoman forces annihilated the Hungarian allied armies at Mohacs in that year. The Ottoman Sultan, made one big mistake, he should have kept going on and taken Vienna. The second mistake was to not let his eldest son succeed him in 1566. Selim II was a inept ruler. But for us coin collectors, probably best the Holy Roman Empire held out in 1529. They had the best designers, engravers, mint masters, end result magnificent coins like the Regensburg coin Talerman just posted.

 

Panzerman, thank you but you grossly exaggerate. I guess my Regensburg coin is well designed for a pfennig but it is a miserable little coin compared to your Goldgulden.