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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4875530, member: 96898"]Nice coins. Collecting the 10th century is probably one of the hardest things you can do in this hobby. Coins from this century are at the same time scarce, expensive, and often aesthetically challenged.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite from this century are the Otto-Adelheid-Pennies. Their contribution to the remonetization of European economy in the late 10th and 11th centuries can hardly be overestimated. (I did a little <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/page-2#post-3540926" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/page-2#post-3540926">write-up</a> on this type a while ago, so I will spare you the details here).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177591[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Otto III with Adelheid of Burgundy as regent (or immobilized under his successors), Holy Roman Empire, "Otto-Adelheid-Penny," 983/991– ca. 1050, probably Goslar mint. Obv: [+D]'I GR'A + R[EX], cross with OD[D]O in quadrangles. Rev: [A]TEAH[LHT]; "wooden church," pellet to right. 19mm, 1.39g. Hatz IV 5/6.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4875530, member: 96898"]Nice coins. Collecting the 10th century is probably one of the hardest things you can do in this hobby. Coins from this century are at the same time scarce, expensive, and often aesthetically challenged. My favorite from this century are the Otto-Adelheid-Pennies. Their contribution to the remonetization of European economy in the late 10th and 11th centuries can hardly be overestimated. (I did a little [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/page-2#post-3540926']write-up[/URL] on this type a while ago, so I will spare you the details here). [ATTACH=full]1177591[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Otto III with Adelheid of Burgundy as regent (or immobilized under his successors), Holy Roman Empire, "Otto-Adelheid-Penny," 983/991– ca. 1050, probably Goslar mint. Obv: [+D]'I GR'A + R[EX], cross with OD[D]O in quadrangles. Rev: [A]TEAH[LHT]; "wooden church," pellet to right. 19mm, 1.39g. Hatz IV 5/6.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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