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

Brazil
AV 6400 Reis 1745-R
Joao V

 

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Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel/ Herzogtum
AV 10 Thaler 1744 EK-M
Karl I
Braunschweig Mint

 

1744 Maria Theresa jeton

 

Nurnberg 1744 80 Kreuzer


Italian States - Lucca 1744 Scudo


and a rather dark 1744 Medal for the Battle of Toulon


GREAT BRITAIN, SPAIN & FRANCE. Battle of Toulon brass Medal. Issued 1744. Satirizing the British missteps off the coast of Toulon against the Spanish & French

Diameter: 38mm
Weight: 13.17g

Harbor scene with aspects denoted by the following letters — A: in background, ships under sail on sea to right; B: in foreground, human body suspended from gibbet (D) to left; C: in background, smaller ships under sail on sea to left; 1743|4 in exergue / Harbor scene with aspects denoted by the following letters — E: in background, fortified town under attack to right; F and G: in background, ships under sail right attacking town; H: in foreground, troops advancing left to right; I: in foreground, lion pouncing right upon cock.

MI 584/224; Eimer 582. Very Fine. Yellow-brown surfaces.

Emanating from the War of Austrian Succession, the Battle of Toulon (off the coast of France) took place in the Mediterranean theater between Great Britain, France, and Spain. In the American theater, Britain and Spain had already been at war in the form of the War of Jenkins' Ear (with a later conflict—the French and Indian War—also deriving from the same issue). In the Mediterranean, the French joined the Spanish when an upper hand against the British revealed itself, with the latter not effectively pursuing the former two and thus losing an advantage—a result that was viewed natively in Britain as a fiasco. On this medal, the superiority of the British is indicated by the lion (Britain) pouncing upon the cock (France), but the figure hanging from the gibbet is likely (mockingly) one of the two British admirals (Mathews or Lestock). In any event, an intriguing, tongue-in-cheek, and somewhat macabre poke at contemporary British affairs.

 

Mughal Silver Rupee of Muhammad Shah (minted in Lahore in either 1744 or 1745):

 

Here's a contribution for 1745:

Ragusa, tallero, 1745. Purchased from Karl Stephens in June 1997.
KM 17; Davenport 1637.
28.4 grams

 

Austrian Netherlands - Jeton - 1744 - Etats de Namur - Arch Duchess Maria Theresia

Kindom of France - Jeton - 1744 - Queen Maria Lesczinska (Wife of King Louis XV.)

 

Excellent coin/ we seldom see coins from Ragusa. Thanks for posting it

 

Köln/ Erzbistum
AV Dukat 1744
Köln Mint
Clemens August Herzog von Bayern
Commerative depicting Three Magi visiting Jesus

 

1743:
Bishopric of Paderborn - 4 Pfennig - 1743 - Bishop Clemens August von Bayern

 

Hungary 1743 Thaler

 

Here's the chopmarked, test cut, clipped special.

Mexico, Philip V, 8 reales, 1744 MF.
KM 103
26.4 grams



And a Lima 8 reales cob, 1743/2V, Philip V. This coin has the 2 in the date reengraved in the die by hand to create a 3. My guess is that a 3 punch die was not available at the time. This coin came from a hoard found in Sanaʽa, Yemen several years ago which was comprised of Latin American 8 reales, Italian Eritrea 5 lira crowns, lion daalders and Maria Theresa and other Austro-Hungarian thalers.

KM 34a
26.47 grams

 

1743 Mainz 1/2 taler

 

GB Half Crown and Threepence for 1743:

The Half Crown has sadly been in a brooch at some stage, but otherwise has good detail.

 

1742, Martin Folkes, British antiquarian

 

Ah yes - I have his book - "Folkes Tables of English Coins" London 1763.

 

Malta 1742 20 Grani

 

Viceroyalty of Mexico
AV 8 Escudos 1744-Mo
Mexico City Mint
Felipe V 1700-45

 

1741:
Kingdom of France - 1/2 Ecu - 1741 - King Louis XV.

 

GB 1741 Sixpence: