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Wonderfull examples, as usual
Here is another of mine...
AV Dukat 1590 Prague Mint
Rudolf II HRE

 

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Wonderful example, as usual

 

Italy PAPAL STATES Pope Clement VII 1/4 Ducato n.d. (1527)

These 1/4 Ducats (and similar 1/2 ducats and ducats) were struck to pay the 400,000 ducat ransom for the Imperial troops to leave Rome after they had sacked the city. Clement VII was a Medici and the obverse features the famous 6 ball arms of the Medici family.

 

Nice coin!

400.000 Dukats was a lot of $$$$ in 1527

 

I've not paid much attention to this denomination before (it lacks any pictorial flair) but it's quite interesting and I think unusual to see the denomination incorporated onto the coin design at this point in time...

 

Edward VI 1551 3oz shilling with mm. lion. Despite appearances, it's actually not a bad example. Quality of portraiture was not matched by quality of metal used!

 

AV Florin d'or de Bourgogne au Saint Andre
Lowlands/ Flanders
Karel le Stoute (Charles the Bold) 1467-77
Burges Mint
ex: CNG auction
Charles was picking fights with his neighbours/ finally in 1477, he ended up dead on the battlefield. The Swiss annilhilated his army/ he ended up sliced and diced by Swiss infantrymen.

 

Not the prettiest coin, but a incredibly rare example of a Scots penny from whence Queen Mary was a wee lass in the early 1540's:

 

Another minor in not great condition but with a certain charm
Italy PAPAL STATES Sede Vacante Giulio n.d. (1521-22)

 

The Renaissance had reached Poland by 1529. At that time Poland ruled West Prussia, while East Prussia was the independent Duchy of Prussia (former territories of the Teutonic Knights before they were secularized in 1525) under Polish suzerainty. King Sigismund's title on the obverse of this coin is SIGIS*I*REX*PO*DO*TOC(t)I(us)*PRVS (lord of all Prussias). The reverse bears the Prussian eagle l. holding a sword with the legend GROSS*COMV*TERR*PRVSS (groschen common to all Prussian territory).

POLAND Sigismund I The Old (1506-48) Crown Issue for Prussia Groschen 1529 Thorn mint

 

I must say that coin is exceptional in many ways/ quality/ workmanship/ portrait of King/ obscure place (Thorn)
Very nice

 

It isn't a great quality photo so i do apologize. Technically not a coin, but a restrike of a pope leo x medal. I also have a clement vii and alexander vi medals on the way!

 

These are the two other medals i have on the way

 

Aachen, Germany mint. A groschen. 1402 A.D. (Secundo)

ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO CCCC SECUNDO
MON ETA URB AQEN

SCS KAROL MA-GNVS IPERAT

 

Aachen, Germany mint. 1403 A.D. (Tercio)

ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO CCCCTERCIO
MON ETA URB AQEN

SCS KAROL MA-GNVS IPERAT

 

Here's my newest pickup, which I'm waiting on from NAC (already posted in a few other threads, but it belongs here):


Cosimo I de'Medici, III period: grand duke, 1569-1574.

Mezza Piastra 1571, AR 16.24 g. COS MED MAGNVS DVX ETRVRIÆ Armored bust facing right. Rv. S IOANNES - BATISTA St. John the Baptist standing on a rock, in the act of preaching, processional cross in hand; 1571, below. Dies engraved by Pietro Paolo Galeotti, student of Benvenuto Cellini. Galeotti LXIII, 7/8. Ravegnani Morosini 18. MIR 167/3. Very rare.

 

York episcopal mint halfgroat (2d) of Henry VII struck under Abp. Bainbridge.

 

Nice one, doubt there are very many of these around. If only the coin could tell the story about how its circulation was halted at some point to preserve its condition. No doubt nearly all the others were worn to oblivion.

 

Germany POMERANIA-WOLGAST Ernst Ludwig 1/4 Reichstaler (Reichsort) 1581