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Message:: [QUOTE="Drusus, post: 388892, member: 6370"]I collect medals, I love them, they are more often than not far more stunning works of art... I have notice that on the whole they are not as expensive but then again...many are very expensive so its much like coins...those that are more rare and interesting are more expensive, more common means less expensive. here is one of my favorites from my collection: <img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/strasbourg1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/strasbourg2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> City of Strasbourg Silver (gilt) Medal with City Coat of Arms and Ten Arms of the Cities of the Dekapolis No. 559 in Numismatique de l'Alsace by A. Engel and E. LehrObv. (top): 'Thue recht scheu niemand" Do right fear nobodyRev. (bottom):"forchte gott ehret den konig" Fear God Honor the King Minted some time between 1655 and 1678, this medal depicts the city of Strasbourg with an angel flying above holding palms in one hand and an olive branch in the other. On the reverse, two lions hold the behelmte stadtwappen (the city's coat of arms with a helmet). The coat of arms is encircled by the arms of the 10 cities of the Dekapolis, an alliance of ten cities in the Alsace region of the Holy Roman Empire with the city of Haguenau as its capital. The Dekapolis included the cities cities of Münster, Kaysersberg, Türkheim, Colmar, Schlettstadt, Landau, Weissenburg, Rosheim, Hagenau and Oberehnheim[/QUOTE]

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