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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 3420348, member: 91771&quot;]I just got my first coin of the spanish king/holy roman emperor/(nearly) universal monarch, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Charles V</a>. I saw it at NYINC and it&#039;s been nagging at me since, I found out that it was still available, so I bit the bullet and bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a Quarto di scudo/testone minted in Milan with dies engraved by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leone_Leoni" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leone_Leoni" rel="nofollow">Leone Leoni</a>, one of the most talented Renaissance artists to work as a die engraver. This coin was one of the first to feature Charles&#039; impressa of the Columns of Hercules, a motif that would become iconic and most closely identified with the &quot;pieces of 8&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately these blurry photos are the only ones I have at the moment. [ATTACH=full]907798[/ATTACH]</p><p>Quarto di Scudo d&#039;argento (Testone con la colonne), n. d. (1552).&nbsp; &nbsp; Ø 28 mm, 9.09 g. </p><p>CNI V p.236 n.56; Crippa 11. </p><p>Obv.:&nbsp;&nbsp; IMP·CAES·CAROLVS·V·AVG&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; laureated bust, annulet behind the neck. </p><p>Rev.:&nbsp; the pillars of Hercules stand in the sea and are embraced by a band with the motto &quot;PLVS VLTRA&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles had coins minted in so many countries and with so many different portraits; it would be great if we could see a whole gallery of them here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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