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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1643844, member: 39&quot;]Your coin from Saxony, for example, is one that I have not seen before, and find attractive. By all means, go ahead and post. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, here is a coin that has often been referred to as the &quot;Oldest German Pfennig&quot;. Well, the term may have been picked for PR reasons, but it sure is interesting: This Carolingian denarius = pfennig was minted during the reign of Pippin (aka Pepin the Short), Charlemagne&#039;s father. Since the coin does not refer to him being a king, it was probably made before 751. The coin was found in Trier; that city was part of Pepin&#039;s empire and today is in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.20min.ch/dyim/c567be/B.M220,0/images/content/2/9/2/29201954/2/1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Image: 20min.ch - clicking on it will unfortunately not enlarge it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A unique piece, and now (since 2009) part of the Bundesbank&#039;s collection (Money Museum, Frankfurt). <a href="http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Standardartikel/Bundesbank/Sammlungen/muenz_und_geldscheinsammlung_neuerwerbungen_reich_der_karolinger_2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Standardartikel/Bundesbank/Sammlungen/muenz_und_geldscheinsammlung_neuerwerbungen_reich_der_karolinger_2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Standardartikel/Bundesbank/Sammlungen/muenz_und_geldscheinsammlung_neuerwerbungen_reich_der_karolinger_2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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