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

I think this one follows under rule #4.

" 4. The coin should be datable to a specific year by some mark or characteristic. It doesn’t necessarily need to be minted with a written date as long as it can be confidently dated to a year. No date ranges (Ex.: a coin datable to 1630-1636 would not be usable). Feel free to share with us anything interesting about the dating of the coin in your post."

If it's a known date that should work. Plus it's cool. I learn something new with every coin posted!

 

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Has anyone made a decision on 1500 coin? Just curious.

 

Considering it was struck in 1500/ though not dated, I would think such a delightfully beautifull piece should pass as a 1500.

 

Here is my 1499 from Brandenburg-Franconia

 

This piece was struck at the Dordrecht mint.
Once part of the Cervin collection.

 

Struck at the Namur mint. While the over all coin is rough the
date is rather clear. Since I collect Early Dated coins the condition
of the date is important with the condition of the rest of the coin
being secondary. You will see that I have many pieces that need
upgrading. Even though a coin might be listed as common or
scarce, they do not appear very frequently for auction.

 

This piece is a Toison D'Argent. It comes from
the Antwerp mint.

 

The reference number should read II-144. This one
from the Antwerp mint. This is a Florin d'or

 

A Zingroschen minted at the Schneeberg mint.

 

This was produced at Damm mint. Starting in 1488,
Pommerania produced Schillings like this.

 

A half schilling from the Nordlingen mint.

 

This 4 Groten comes from the Bremen mint. This piece
is one of the most available for the date. That's
St. Peter on the throne.

 

Hopefully there will be others to post as we go further back.

 

I agree, Tibor is the "Emperor of early dated coinage" i find that it is extremely rare to find these in FDC, Islamic early dated are common in MS quality.
John

 

I was hoping that some new, never before seen coins, at least
to us on the forum, might be posted. So many here have posted
some truly nice coins. I thought that there maybe a few that
bought a piece or two over the years and would take this opportunity
to share them.

 

I agree, the 15th century clearly belongs to Tibor, unless an Islamist gets involved...and even then. I have a few undated 15th coins but only 2 dated ones which qualify for this thread, 1494 and 1484.

 

This piece is a Toison D'Argent. It was minted
in Antwerp.

 

A Zingroschen minted Schneeberg. This one has
a star mintmark on both sides.

 

A half schilling from the mint Nordlingen.
Notice the modern "4" in the date. Can't
wait to upgrade this piece.