Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2819970, member: 10461"]In 2015 I very briefly attempted a casual sideline collection of these, to see how far I could get towards a date set.  I did not pursue it for very long, and did not get far before I ended up swapping the partial set away (my primary "Eclectic Box" collection takes precedence).  But these were a lot of fun in the brief time I collected them.  I was lucky enough to pick up a number of attractively toned pieces dirt cheap, too (less than ten dollars each for some of the high-grade "rainbow toners" seen below!) These are delightful coins with early dates (in an era when coins were not often dated), struck in silver, with an appealing design.  True, they're small, and are often crudely engraved, but that just adds to their character.  And even today, prices still aren't that much higher than they were in the early 1980s when I was a teenager and bought my first examples. Word to my Young Numismatist friends out there - if you are a teenager (or just a collector who's "young at heart" and on a limited budget), you might want to consider these.  They pack quite a bit of "bang for the buck" and are a surprisingly affordable way to collect some 400-500 year-old late-medieval silver quite cheaply.  Check 'em out sometime. Informational link: <blockquote><a href="http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David%20Ruckser/Coins%20of%20Hungary.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David%20Ruckser/Coins%20of%20Hungary.pdf" rel="nofollow">"The Coins and Kings of Hungary" by David P. Ruckser</a> (Numismatas.com.)Nice free e-book.  May be slow to load because it's a 147-page PDF! The dated denars start around page 106. (2023 edit- dead link now.  Sorry)</blockquote> <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/DenarsBanner.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1505-KH<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1505-coin1-frame-001999.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1516-KG (this and the 1527 below were my favorites!  Check out the 1580, too.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1516-coin1-frame-001867.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1519-KG<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1519-coin1-frame-001467.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1520-KG<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1520-coin1-frame-001105.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1525-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1525-coin1-frame-001393.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1526-BA<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1526-coin1-frame-002655.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1527-LK<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1527-coin1-frame-001846.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1547-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1547-coin1-frame-001362.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1565-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1565-coin1-frame-001165.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1567-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1567-coin1-frame-000844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1569-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1569-coin1-frame-000844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1572-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1572-coin1-frame-000884.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1574-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1574-coin1-frame-000864.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1576-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1576-coin1-frame-000884.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1579-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1579-coin1-frame-001320.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1580-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1580-coin2-frame-000824.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1581-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1581-coin1-frame-000794.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1586-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1586-coin1-frame-000942.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1592-KB<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Hungarian%20Denars/Hungary-denar-1592-coin1-frame-000805.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (continued below...)[/QUOTE]

Create my FREE Account!

Log in or Sign up

Reply to Thread

Useful Searches