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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Firenze, post: 2566486, member: 82217&quot;]So here is a bunch of municipal coins from the Margraviate of Brandenburg. These are so-called Kipperpfennige, minted around 1622. </p><p>The first one is from Neuruppin (1622), the second one from Cottbus (no date) and the third one from Frankfurt/Oder (1622). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]554417[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]554418[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]554419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These Kipperpfennige are actually very interesting and there are many more cities in Brandenburg that issued these. However, some of them are really scarce. There is for example a Pfennig from Perleberg with only one specimen known to exist and this one belongs to the collection of the Münzkabinett in Berlin: <a href="http://ww2.smb.museum/ikmk/object.php?id=18231027" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ww2.smb.museum/ikmk/object.php?id=18231027" rel="nofollow">http://ww2.smb.museum/ikmk/object.php?id=18231027</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, completing this collection is going to be rather hard (meaning impossible). </p><p><br /></p><p>However, circumstances in that time were that the Thirty Years&#039; War was ongoing and also affected Brandenburg. So there is a lot of history related to these tiny coins that often weigh below 0.2 grams. These local issues were in some cases even minted without permission and there is a vast amount of varieties to be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one more good thing about these coins to come. Emil Bahrfehldt, probably the most famous numismatist dealing with the subject of Brandenburg/Prussia coins, published a book in the early 20th century that lists every type and most varieties: &quot;Die Brandenburgischen Städtemünzen aus der Kipperzeit. 1621 - 1623.&quot; which can be downloaded as PDF for free. Just search for &quot;kippermünzen brandenburg bahrfeldt&quot; and it should be the first hit. It is written in German but provides plenty information, not only on the coins but also on the circumstances under which they were minted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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