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1461 - Central Italy

Struck under an authorization of 8 April 1461 granted as a reward for the
loyalty of the town during the troubles of 1459-60 they have for the types a
representation of St Mannus, the local saint, with the mint identified by
the legend DE CIVITA DVCALI or DE CIVITA D. Two denominations also shown symbols taken from the city arms, the double bolognino a tower as inital mark of the reverse, the quattrino a rake above the Florentine lily that forms its reverse type. Cosenza in Calabria has been treated by some scholars as a distinct mint on the authority of an extract from a treasury document published by G. V. Fusco referring to the expenses of minting tornesi in the castle there between march 1460 and november 1461. A number of coins of Ferrante and his successors bearing the cross of Calabria as a reverse type were attributed to it by Fusco and, hesitantly, by Cagiati, but apart from the presence of the cross of Calabria there are no grounds for such attributions. The reference is clearly to temporary minting there during the civil war and the coins struck would have been similar to the those of Naples, though possible marked with the inital of a local mint-master, and are so far unknown.

 

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1460

 

@gapukas That is an amazing find. So much numismatic related
history that I don't know. Thanks for posting!!

 

I believe this to be IV-10a . Only the "60" from the date
is visible. Per Robert Levinson " The condition of these tiny
pieces is rarely strong enough for full attribution".
This is from his collection.

 

This was struck at the Meran mint in Tyrol. The date is on the
left image at 6 o'clock.

COMES 60 TIROL

SI GIS MVN DVS

 

Groat of Edward IV - 1460 - Ireland, Made in Dublin

This coin is an example of an early 'Anonymous Issue' groat of Edward IV of Dublin.
The legend is clear with no blundering and reads:
(reverse) CIVITAS DUBLINIE
Which translates as CITY OF DUBLIN
This coin type, weighing 45 grains with nine arcs in the tressure around the crown and no symbols in the angles of the tressure, is normally considered to be the earliest of the so called 'anonymous' coinage.
1460 gave a new era to the Irish currency when a new coinage was struck. Rather than just the penny coin, there were now a range of denominations, the highest being the groat (value, fourpence).

 

@gapukas Very nice coin. Here is a coin that is 559 years old and
it looks like you went back in time and bought it from the mint master.
Very pleased that you have joined this thread, I'm learning a lot.

 

This Kreuzer is from the mint in Wiener Neustadt. A bit crude,
but it's the best I've got.

ANNO DOMINI 1459 Medieval "4" and "5"

FRIDERIC RO IMPERA

 

The "58" that I have to post is not much better. I don't have a "57",
have a "56" and then I hit a dry spell till "50".

 

As promised, here is the 1458, a Kreuzer minted in Graz. I met my
fathers parents in 1964 in Graz. My parents had escaped Hungary in
December, 1956. We arranged to meet my grandparents there and
were able to visit with them for three days. The only time I met my
grandfather.

MONETA IN GRECZ 1458 Medieval "4" and "5"

FRI D G RO IMPERATOR

I hope someone can find a 1457. If someone can go to ac search
and type in " 1457 levinson", I-92 will come up. This can be used for
this date. I'm not sure how to do it without violating copyright law.
I do have a 1456.

 

A Turnogroschen from Leipzig. Date in Roman numerals inner ring
left image.


F DI GRACIA TVRINGE LANG
ANNO M CCCC LVII

GROSSVS MARCH MISNENSIS

 

I will post my 1456 tomorrow.

 

Here is my 1456 piece. I bought this piece from Bob Levinson. As some
of you know, Bob wrote the book on early dated European coins. A 25+
year effort. The previous reference was written by Albert Frey in the early
1900's. Frey's book, while a decent effort considering the times (no internet)
was chock full of mistakes. If I were guessing, Bob spent a GREAT deal of
time correcting the mistakes. On top of that he added several hundred new
found and rare pieces. Bob's collection is second to none. While my collection
has over 220+ different pieces, his collection is many times larger with
rare die varieties. His collection for this series of coins is the most complete,
every bit as vast and amazing as Eliasberg's collection. So when I say I
acquired a coin from Bob's collection, for me it is a sense of pride.

 

Per Huszar this piece is attributed to the year 1455

 

Per Huszar this piece is attributed to the year 1454

 

Hopefully someone can find the years 1453, 1452, 1451. I'm not
having much luck. After we find those three dates I can go from
1450 thru 1443 with coins that I have.

 

The above post #3798 is attributed to Huszar 637. On ward to
1452.