Early Dated coins from the 1450's and 60's are relatively rare compared to other dates. The exception are the Saxon Horngroschens.
A nice full date. To find a fully struck coin is a rarity. This was minted in Graz. The city Graz is part of my families history.
When my parents escaped Hungary in the fall of 1956 they were assigned to a refugee camp on the outskirts of Wiener Neustadt. Only 2 collectable coins, the other in Bob Levinson's collection.
The only date for Sweden prior to 1500 A.D. There are several varieties and denominations. Bought this from Dr. Arnold Singer.
Aquitaine/ English Kings AV Salut d'or ND Saint-Lô Mint Henry VI Lancaster 1422-61AD Bought as "unsold lot" from Bru Wellco Auction Some of my best coins were bought aftermarket/ today its harder to find MS ex. my photos suck....
A well struck gold piece. Nice clear date. Pre 1491 A.D. dated gold is rare. The exception being, the 1436-38 German pieces.
A little wavy, tried to upgrade, unsuccessfully. Surprised at the condition since gold coins for the most part were considered stores of value. Only the clergy and nobility and bankers saw coins like this.
There are two varieties of this coin. Supposedly some old dies were found and put into service in the 1600's.
Had I been around back then/ I would have put some MS ones aside esp. those Real d'ors Here is another coin bouht as unsold lot for $850US Hamburg/ Imperial City Maximilian I HRE 1486-1519AD AV Goldgulden 1Ω97 Hamburg Mint Maximilian I was instrumental in getting Imperial Mints to design beautifull AV 7 1477 Dukaten/ also 12 Dukaten/ man it would have been fun to get freshly minted gold/ silver from Hall Mint......
Venice Mistake on holder/ not a Dukat/ even Shakespeare got it wrong in "Merchant of Venice" Its a ZECCHINO!!!!!1
For some reason I've seen most early Venetian Ducats called "Ducats" whereas the later pieces(roughly 1500-1800) called Zecchinos. I don't quite recall what Doge represents the split or why the coins name was changed but I've seen the aforementioned rule applied. I've also seen however the name zecchino/ducats being used interchangibly. Here's an example of a pretty large Italian dealer calling an example of the Steno Ducat you posted above a "ducat"/"ducato" https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6615&lot=704
Malwa/ Sultanate AV Tanka AH 841 (1437AD) Shadiabad Mint 'Ala' al-Din Mahmud Shah I 1442-82AD ex: Dr. Lawrence Adams Coll.
Back to Zecchino debate/ seems that the AV Zecchino/ Dukat are same weight. Florins/ Goldgulden/ Scudo d'oros/ Ducatos/ Fiorino d'oro were in use most of Europe/ The heaviest coin was the Venetian AV 105 Zecchini/ Poland/ Transylvania/ Bohemia struck 100 Dukaten/ Spain struck AV 50 Execelentes (equal in weight to 100 Dukaten/ also struck AV 100 Escudos/ 100 Ducatos. Sadly hardly anyone can ever afford these dazzlers.....