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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4962385, member: 29751"]I recently acquired this beautiful little silver minor from a member on the PCGS forums. It arrived yesterday, and I thought it might be a fun old coin for a guess the grade. Luster is booming in hand and the fields are nearly prooflike. There are some signs of filled dies and the beginnings of a die crack above the rearing horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you who like history, this little coin was issued by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Elector_of_Hanover" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Elector_of_Hanover" rel="nofollow">Ernest August, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg</a> (1661-1692) and after this coin was issued, later the Elector-designate of Hanover. If you follow <b>British lineage</b> at all, Ernest August was the father of the eventual George I of Great Britain. He was married to Sophia of the Palatinate - an heir through the Stuart line of the British royal family. All of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hanover" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hanover" rel="nofollow">Hanover line of British Regents</a> from George I through the last Queen Victoria were descendants of Ernest August.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coin - it is a two year type (1681 and 1686). The Mariengroschen is a division unit of the Hanover Thaler. There were 36 Mariengroschen to the Thaler - thus this coin had a value of<b> 1/9 of a Thaler</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legends read:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA</b> - <i>The only good things are those which are honorable.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ERN:AUG.D.G.EP:OSN.D.B.&L.</b> - <i>Ernest Augustus, by the grace of God, Bishop of Osnabrueck, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192905[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4962385, member: 29751"]I recently acquired this beautiful little silver minor from a member on the PCGS forums. It arrived yesterday, and I thought it might be a fun old coin for a guess the grade. Luster is booming in hand and the fields are nearly prooflike. There are some signs of filled dies and the beginnings of a die crack above the rearing horse. For those of you who like history, this little coin was issued by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Elector_of_Hanover']Ernest August, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg[/URL] (1661-1692) and after this coin was issued, later the Elector-designate of Hanover. If you follow [B]British lineage[/B] at all, Ernest August was the father of the eventual George I of Great Britain. He was married to Sophia of the Palatinate - an heir through the Stuart line of the British royal family. All of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hanover']Hanover line of British Regents[/URL] from George I through the last Queen Victoria were descendants of Ernest August. As for the coin - it is a two year type (1681 and 1686). The Mariengroschen is a division unit of the Hanover Thaler. There were 36 Mariengroschen to the Thaler - thus this coin had a value of[B] 1/9 of a Thaler[/B]. The legends read: [B]SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA[/B] - [I]The only good things are those which are honorable.[/I] [B]ERN:AUG.D.G.EP:OSN.D.B.&L.[/B] - [I]Ernest Augustus, by the grace of God, Bishop of Osnabrueck, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg.[/I] [ATTACH=full]1192903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192905[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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