New Additions To My Collection

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@Eduard Those are some amazing coins. The Brandenberg piece
is a looker. Do you have other medieval coins? Thanks for sharing.

 

Thank you, tibor. I do have some more, but I confess I have not fully attributed them yet....among those, there are a couple of Weisspfennige from Mainz or Bingen which I bought about 10 years ago. I need to get to those.

This last one is a Rose Noble, minted at Gorinchem in the Netherlands around 1580.
This is a so-called Continental Imitative Gold Noble as it was struck as an imitation of the English Gold Nobles of Edward IV.

 

I used to find it lonely, but then I figured out how to post pics
of my coins. I can share them with others and enjoy the
camaraderie. World wide I don't think there are more than
10 others, especially as OCD as I am about one of everything.
When dated medieval coins are collected, it is for the date,
issuing authority or the country/mint that issued it. Be honest,
how many 1474 dated coins do you really need? After another
100-125 different coins I will hit a wall. The coins will either be
very expensive, in museums, or in very strong hands as the
mega collection of Bob Levinson's. By then, I will be an old
obnoxious senior (much like I am now) and drinking my
un sweetened tea. I can't wait!! As I've told others I live in a
numismatic desert. Thank heaven for the Internet!!!!

 

I received Robert Levinson's new book, the second edition of
his The Early Dated Coins of Europe 1234-1500. Very impressive
with the color photos of the coins. Over 150 new coins are described.
Updates to over 500 other coins. In entry #22 of this thread, I posted
a recent purchase of mine, a 1495 goldgulden. The pictures I offered
did not clearly show the "5" in the date. It is in the rare form of a
lightning strike. On June 24th I had the pleasure of meeting with
our own @lordmarcovan and @Aethelred at Aethelred's coin shop
in Ashville, N.C. They looked at the coin and they were relatively sure
that the "5" was presented as a lightning strike. I was unable to go
to the ANA in Rosemont this year to possibly meet with Bob and
show him some of my newps. Fast forward to Monday and I started
going thru the new book. There on page 93 listed as I-A333 is my
coin. The exact coin I own is pictured. That clears up the mystery
for me.


MONETA NOV AV RE 1495 Medieval "4" , lightning strike "5"

PHIL C PAL PELE

 

That sounds like a book I could read for days. I was just musing to myself, wondering what my oldest dated coin is. Probably early 1614, but I'll have to check when I can get to my collection.

 

This is the second piece that I own that was not listed in
Bob's 1st ed. I was unable to find it in the 2nd ed. For now
I've listed the coin as I-76a. I will of course change that
when Bob assigns the correct numbers.

A NO DNI M CCCC XLV

THEOD ARCPI COLON

 

My latest today....
ex: Lissner coll. from Maison palombo auction
AV 40 Francs 1811-A Paris Mint
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1804-14