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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6801603, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Hungary: silver “Madonna &amp; Child” denar of Rudolf II, 1577-KB</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272175[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47622.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47622.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-47622</a>.&nbsp; 15 mm approx., 0.6 g.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A pleasing and affordable little piece of early-dated hammered silver.&nbsp; It is crudely struck as was typical, but has nice detail.&nbsp; The way the strike came out on this one, the Madonna (Virgin Mary) here looks like she has a grinning skull for a face!&nbsp; Baby Jesus is rather lost in the design, though you can see His arm and leg. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin bears the name and titles of Holy Roman Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Maximilian II</a>, who ruled from 1564-1576, though he had died the year before.&nbsp; It was struck in the reign of his successor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Rudolf II</a>, who ruled from 1576-1612.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">These are an appealingly affordable way to collect early-dated hammered silver.&nbsp; At one time I was working on a date set of them.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272174[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272175[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272176[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272177[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272178[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272179[/ATTACH]</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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