New Additions To My Collection

This Half Ortug was minted in Stockholm. Sweden minted early
dated coins for only one year, 1478. They issued two denominations,
Ortug and Half Ortug. There are several varieties with each. About
15 years ago Andy Singer bought a small group of 10 of the Ortugs.
I bought my first Swedish piece from him, still have it.

 

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This Ortug was also minted in Stockholm. There are varieties
on how the "S" above the shield is shown.

 

This Gros was minted in Dordrecht. The first "1"
seems to be missing.

 

This Spitzgroschen was minted in Zwickau.

 

This Stuiver was minted in Groningen.

 

This Kreuzer was minted in Wiener Neustadt. After escaping
from Hungary in December, 1956, they were married in
this town.

 

This Stuiver was minted in Deventer. Remarkable condition
considering its age, 550 years.

 

This Horngroschen was minted in Freiberg.

 

Always wonderful coins! A possible typo in IV-21, or a really long courtship.

 

@HoledandCreative The reference is to my parents, I should proof read
before I hit the "Post Reply" button. Sorry about that.
They were married on Dec.18, 1956. They had
escaped Hungary just two weeks earlier. America let them immigrate
March of 1957. When I toured Europe for 8 weeks in 1973, I was able
to visit the church and meet the priest that married them. To this day
we still exchange Christmas cards with him and his family. My mother
and father sacrificed a lot so that my brother and I could prosper here
in America. I'm planning with my wife to visit the few relatives that I
still have in Europe and visit a few of the "Early Dated" cities.

 

That will be a great trip for you. Maybe some of the mints will be standing yet?

 

Maybe you mentioned that elsewhere, but ... is "they" your grandparents or somebody else in your family?

Also, I had never heard of a monetary unit called ortug before. Learned something new, thanks.

Christian

 

I continue to be amazed at the quality and variety of your collection, tibor. I have dabbled with a few of the early dated coins, and I know the work required to get decent examples. But your collection is simply outstanding. Thanks for continuing to share it.

 

I continue to be amazed at the quality and variety of your collection, tibor. I have dabbled with a few of the early dated coins, and I know the work required to get decent examples. But your collection is simply outstanding. Thanks for continuing to share it.

 

@chrisild The "they" I am referring to are my parents. Please see
entry #70. As you can tell I don't like to type. Sorry about that.

 

@Robidoux Pass Thank you for the kind words. I've collected them
for 18+ years. I try to by coins that have a nice date. The rest of the
coin while important, the date is where I look first. Of the 15 coins I've
bid on this year, I've only won a few. It's very frustrating at times.
Much of my collection of Early Dated collection can be seen here:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pr...utm_campaign=Feed:+cointalk+(CoinTalk+Update)
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again.

 

@tibor - And as you can tell, I sometimes start writing a post, then do something else, then come back and post ... and in the meantime you already answered my question. And yes, a very fine collection you have there!

Christian

 

This Horngroschen was minted in Leipzig. This series of Saxony
Horngroschens comes two ways, nice date poor quality coin or
vice a versa. Rarely do I see a nice date and nice rest of coin,
when I do I usually am beat at auction.

 

This was minted in Freiberg. This coin, unlike the previous piece,
has a decent date and the central figures are discernible.

 

This Pfennig was minted in Vienna. As you can tell, quality
was not an issue. This was the best of a 20-25 piece hoard
that Andy Singer had.