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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 7770543, member: 87179&quot;]I didn&#039;t know it was a &quot;dream&quot; coin when I saw it. I had been looking for a nice multiple thaler and this one kind of fell into my lap.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332541[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hamburg. AR Doppelter Hochzeitstaler</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 60mm</p><p>Weight: 57.42 g</p><p>12h</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck circa 1650.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Man and woman standing facing one another and clasping hands; above, radiant name of god and dove</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: The Wedding at Cana. Cf.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaedechens 1600; KM 147 (3 Thaler). Toned, lightly chased, minor edge bumps. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then this one showed up at a small coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: The Annunciation</p><p>Obverse Legend: AVE MARIA GRATIA. PLENA. DOMINVS</p><p>Reverse: The Nativity</p><p>Reverse Legend: PVER NATUS. EST. NOBI E FILIVS. DATVS. EST</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Ref. G#1586. Prev. KM#F85.</p><p><br /></p><p>Composition: Silver</p><p>Diameter: 59mm</p><p>Weight: 56.5gm</p><p><br /></p><p>(1635-1668) 2 Thaler, (referred to as a Double Show Thaler or Tauftaler)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Annunciation, the announcement of Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus design on the front and John the Baptist, baptizing Jesus Christ with three people watching on the back! Our research tells us that the front has a Latin legend that means &quot;Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women&quot; and the legend on the back may be German and might mean &quot;Christ receiving his baptism from the leader in the Jordan&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Both were coins that I assumed were out of my budget when I saw them but were able to make it work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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