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Muscat and Oman - 1/4 Anna 1315 (1898)

 

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1966 Poland
10 Zlotych

 

Well that is uncanny - I had never seen one of these before but found one in an auction lot on Saturday. It went off to Oman this morning! I had to check it was not mine that you had, but it could not have got there in time and mine was 1312.

 

At first time i thought its fake looks a bit odd
this type of 1/4 has different looks and some of them shiny. but after i compared with other. its looks seems good to me

 

Just for fun, here's mine.

 

... and here is the one I just sold:

 

Bought this just over an hour ago and there’s a long list of positives as far as I’m concerned.

Gold
Russia
Low mintage
Cool holder
Rotated die
Good price

Sorry for the quick and dirty pics

 

Nice coin @H8_modern
I see that the coin is rotated in the holder, but I’m not seeing the rotated die.

 

A couple of crude, primitive coins from India which arrived yesterday. The first, rectangular one, I have labelled as "1716-1726 Mughals Elichpur Muhammedshah one dam". It weigns 20 grams. The second, round looking one, says "1858 Kutch State Dokdo".

 

You can see the top edge of the holder on the ballerina side which is right side up and the bottom of the holder on the other side where it’s sitting 90 degrees off.

 

Hong Kong - 1923 1 Cent



Korea (Japanese Protectorate) - 1906 1/2 Won NGC AU58



Germany (Hamburg) - 1913 J 3 Marks PCGS MS62
(Note: looks like a proof in hand; definitely wondering if PCGS fudged this one.)


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The ballerina’s right toe is the bottom of the coin... right?

 

Not sure why that really matters. The ballerina is upright under the letters on the holder. Flip the holder over 180 degrees and the reverse is sideways. So at best you’re arguing that it’s not rotated 90 degrees, it’s only rotated 80 degrees.

 

I was inspired by a previous post and had to pick up one of these for myself.

Obverse: Saxon coat of arms under Herzogshut, Crown divides date, Smaller arms
Reverse: Hen
Note: With countermark of the Frankish circle
Catalog: Dav. 868

Composition: Silver
Weight: 15.30 g
Diameter: 37.00 mm

 

What I’m saying is this is upright
https://goo.gl/images/HqpNjA

 

You’re absolutely right there. Sorry,
I didn’t think the words would be sideways as you look at it.

 

Fresh from @H8_modern is this addition to my Coins in the Classroom project

 

Gotta love those Henneburg coins.

I like to imagine the conversation that some group of dukes or counts had.

"What sort of regal creature should we use to represent our heritage and holdings? Eagles? Horses? Lions? Bears?"

"No, how about a crowned chicken."

"Rooster?"

"Nah, a hen will do just fine."

"Okay!"

 

That hen can still be found in the CoA of Henneberg, a small town in the German state of Thuringia. But the territory which got that name in the Middle Ages - the "Grafschaft Henneberg" within the Holy Roman Empire, roughly between 1100 and 1700 - was quite a bit larger of course. In fact, a few other cities or counties also have such a hen.

The CoA is what in heraldry is called canting arms (armes parlantes): Henne = hen, Berg = mountain. So you see a hen on a mountain. Whether the "Henne" part is actually derived from that bird ... well, this is probably popular etymology. Might have something to do with the old word "hagan", "haen" etc. which means something like "grove".

The Henneburg ("hen castle") near Henneberg, the origin of that territory, is now mostly a ruin.

Christian

 

My car must be on auto pilot when close to coin shop had to go i n