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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3958139, member: 85693"]I think I have one of those, but I can't find a photo of it. Here is my attribution for the flip:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Poland 1664</b></p><p><b>Æ Solidus (Boratynka)</b></p><p><b>John II Casimir Vasa</b></p><p>IOAN.CAS.REX, bust right, T.L.B below (for mintmaster Tito Livio Burattini) below</p><p>bust / SOLID.REG.POLO. 1664 around heraldic eagle.</p><p>KM 110.</p><p>(1.02 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are pretty common, and yet very interesting. I say this because when researching mine, that mintmaster fellow turns out to be a genius with a Wikipedia page. Here's the opening paragraph: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tito Livio Burattini</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language" rel="nofollow">Polish</a>: <i>Tytus Liwiusz Burattini</i>, 8 March 1617 – 17 November 1681) was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor" rel="nofollow">inventor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect" rel="nofollow">architect</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptology" rel="nofollow">Egyptologist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist" rel="nofollow">scientist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument" rel="nofollow">instrument</a>-maker, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel" rel="nofollow">traveller</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer" rel="nofollow">engineer</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobleman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobleman" rel="nofollow">nobleman</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-frysinger-1675-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-frysinger-1675-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-needham591-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-needham591-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> He was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agordo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agordo" rel="nofollow">Agordo</a>, Italy, and studied in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua" rel="nofollow">Padua</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" rel="nofollow">Venice</a>. In 1639, he explored the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza" rel="nofollow">Great Pyramid of Giza</a> with English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician" rel="nofollow">mathematician</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves" rel="nofollow">John Greaves</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-quarrie20-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-quarrie20-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> both Burattini and Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton" rel="nofollow">Isaac Newton</a> used measurements made by Greaves in an attempt to accurately determine the circumference of the earth.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-mehler26-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-mehler26-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I can't make out the initials below the bust on the OP, but Burattini was mintmaster for a lot of these, I seem to recall. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Community Forum has a pretty good post on this too (if it is okay to link the competition!):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=254539" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=254539" rel="nofollow">https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=254539</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3958139, member: 85693"]I think I have one of those, but I can't find a photo of it. Here is my attribution for the flip: [B]Poland 1664 Æ Solidus (Boratynka) John II Casimir Vasa[/B] IOAN.CAS.REX, bust right, T.L.B below (for mintmaster Tito Livio Burattini) below bust / SOLID.REG.POLO. 1664 around heraldic eagle. KM 110. (1.02 grams / 16 mm) These coins are pretty common, and yet very interesting. I say this because when researching mine, that mintmaster fellow turns out to be a genius with a Wikipedia page. Here's the opening paragraph: [B]Tito Livio Burattini[/B] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language']Polish[/URL]: [I]Tytus Liwiusz Burattini[/I], 8 March 1617 – 17 November 1681) was an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor']inventor[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect']architect[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptology']Egyptologist[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist']scientist[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument']instrument[/URL]-maker, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel']traveller[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer']engineer[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobleman']nobleman[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-frysinger-1675-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-needham591-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3'][3][/URL] He was born in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agordo']Agordo[/URL], Italy, and studied in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua']Padua[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice']Venice[/URL]. In 1639, he explored the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza']Great Pyramid of Giza[/URL] with English [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician']mathematician[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves']John Greaves[/URL];[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-hamilton94-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-quarrie20-4'][4][/URL] both Burattini and Sir [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton']Isaac Newton[/URL] used measurements made by Greaves in an attempt to accurately determine the circumference of the earth.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini#cite_note-mehler26-5'][5][/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Livio_Burattini[/URL] I can't make out the initials below the bust on the OP, but Burattini was mintmaster for a lot of these, I seem to recall. Coin Community Forum has a pretty good post on this too (if it is okay to link the competition!): [URL]https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=254539[/URL][/QUOTE]
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