THIS AIN'T REAL ANCIENT BUT.....

this is where i'm gonna put it...my latest delivery..6 kreutzer of Leopold l (1640-1705) Holy Roman Emperor, elected in 1658. the longest lived Hapsburg emperor.

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Nice hogmouth

 

Nice but downright modern

 

thanks!

 

hehe...i confess...

 

Lol he looks so grumpy...

 

WoWiE! You trying to bring me to the dark side?? I LOVE ugly...and that man is UGGGLY!! Seriously cool coin homie
65 years! I'd say that must be a record but of course good ol Pepi II was Pharaoh for 94 years (he picked up the duel cap at the age of 4. And lived around 4 thousand years before your boy Leopold!!!!)!

 

Hey, I've got a "3 spot"! I dig early modern coin up to the early 19th century.



HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, LEOPOLD I, AR 3 KREUZER

The history behind the coins interests me as much as the coins themselves, and this Leopold I dude was a pretty interesting cat.


Here is a picture of him going to a Halloween party dressed as Cher.

 

...so yeah, between the amazingly unfortunate (due to generations of inbreeding) face and portrait, the cool style, as well as Frank Robinson giving me a screaming deal; I have a "Hogsmouth" of my own!

Leopold I (TheHogsmouth)
3 Kr Silesia 1700 F+
Obv: Laureate portrait facing
right in an inner circle, value in a
frame below the bust.
Lettering: LEOPOLDVS D G R I S
(3) A G H B REX
Rev: Crowned double headed
imperial eagle in an inner cirlce.
Mint mark below in legend, date
divided above.Lettering: ARCHID
AVS (CB) DVX BVR SIL date

Thanks for the AWESOME inspiration @ominus1

 

LOL

 

I totally agree that even us ancients folks need a Hogsmouth! I went all out and picked up a thaler:

 

MonOminus1pthalymus, is your avatar real armor? Whatever I'm looking at looks old and rad!

 

Ryro has resurrected a September thread I'd not seen. Here is a Hungary 1665 Leopold Quarter Thaler:


Poor Leopold. His family tree didn't have many branches.

Not only is this coin NOT ancient, it is also in a SLAB. Wow, NOT ancient and in a SLAB posted in this forum. I may get banned for this eh?

The slab label incorrectly describes this coin as a half Thaler. The cool coin is about 31 mm. One Thaler amounts to 60 Kreuzers. 15 Kreuzers (XV) is 1/4 Thaler.

 

I thought it was a man in a red shirt with a brown paper bag on his head. On the topic, I’ve been meaning to get a 15 Kreuzer.

 

Just 3 Kreuzer. Leopold- 1705.

 

very nice coins of Leopold ein peeps! i concur these coins are much collectible for the "brutally realistic" portraits.

 

it is......one of few of mine that is authentic

 

i love that!

 

One of a few?!?! Tell more! It looks simply amazing. Where and when is it (are they) from? And how did you acquire those bad boys?!

 

I have 10 AV coins from Leopold I....here are some

AV Dukat 1677 K-B Kremnitz Mint Hungary

AV 1/12 Dukaten 1690 SHS Breslau Mint Silesia

AV Dukat 1676 SHS Breslau Mint Silesia

Most of my collection is from 1600-1800
John

During Leopolds reign AV coinage ranged from tiny 1/32 Dukaten to the massive 100 Dukaten (350g.)