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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 2820385, member: 15488&quot;]Since I was unable to find a coin marked with the actual &quot;date&quot; of 1452, I had to find something that was attributed to that date. Needing a Silver coin was also a challenge. This was the closest I could find that met both requirements.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Condensed version: </p><p>1452</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily Denaro</p><p>Billon Coin containes a trace of silver but mostly copper or bronze.</p><p>Believed to have been minted during the reign of Frederick III. Called the Peaceful, he was the Holy Roman Emperor of the House of Habsburg from <b>1452</b> until his death in 1493.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Complete version:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The House of Habsburg (/&#039;hæbs.b?rg/; German pronunciation: [&#039;ha?ps.b??k]), also spelled Hapsburg,[1] was one of the most important royal houses of Europe. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced emperors and kings of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of England (Jure uxoris King), Kingdom of France {Queen consort}, Kingdom of Germany, Kingdom of Hungary, Empire of Russia, Kingdom of Croatia, Second Mexican Empire, Kingdom of Ireland, Kingdom of Portugal, and Habsburg Spain, as well as rulers of several Dutch and Italian principalities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frederick III (21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493), called the Peaceful, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death. Prior to his imperial coronation, he was hereditary Duke of Austria (as Frederick V) from 1424 and elected King of Germany (as Frederick IV) from 1440.[1] He was the first emperor of the House of Habsburg. In 1493, he was succeeded by his son Maximilian I after ten years of joint rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alfonso V was crowned in 1416 and ruled for forty-two years; in 1442 the Sicilian and Neapolitan crowns were united under him. Henceforth the Kingdom of Sicily was politically linked to peninsular Italy, and one spoke of the kingdoms &quot;of Naples and Sicily&quot; or even the &quot;two Sicilies.&quot; But for the most part the rulers remained in Spain; Aragon and Castile were united in 1479 to form the cornerstone of what was to become the Kingdom of Spain. Soon the Spanish kings would send governors and viceroys to administer Sicily on their behalf. Alfonso was a slightly more generous patron of learning and the arts than his immediate predecessors, and founded the University of Catania, but the Sicilians had to bear the cost of his petty wars against the maritime cities of northern Italy.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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