This one just arrived and is special to me because I am a big fan of Strasbourg and the Alsace Lorraine area. The city was known as Argantaroti by the Celtic Guals and as Argentoratum by the Romans. Strasbourg was first ruled by the Catholic Church. The citizens rebelled against the bishops in 1262 and it became a free city within the Holy Roman Empire. France conquered it in 1681 and it remained a French city until 1871, following the Franco-Prussian war. In 1918, it was returned to France and then conquered by Germany in 1940. In 1944, it was returned to France and remains a French city to this day. The city name of Argentoratum is on the obverse of the coin. The reverse is also Latin: "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (glory to God in the highest). The coin was minted between 1559 and 1623 in Strasbourg and had a value of 2 Kreuzer, or 1/36 Taler.
