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Very nice Germans

 

1933 Poland 10 zlotych , Queen Jadwiga, nice grade, sellers pics...






these are getting harder to find in nice grades.

 

Good design indeed. As for who is depicted on that 10 zł coin, see here.

Christian

 

This arrived today. It was listed as a 1909 one cent but it looked like 1908 in the picture. Turns out it was 1908. Nice to find one of these early aluminum coins with little sign of oxidation.

 

Nice. That's pretty early for aluminum coinage.

 

Posted these before, but they arrived today so these are my photos.
Elizabeth I Groat

James I Thistle Penny
Anglo-Saxon Brooch (6th Century)

 

Great stuff, Mark.

 

Here are 3 from the lot of 30 I picked up in the big city this past weekend. They were all glued on to a cardboard about the size of a post card (15 per card, cost 200 baht). I soaked them all overnight in fresh water and dish washing soap, then did a final gentle scrubbing with soft toothbrush and fingernail polish remover, then wash again. The glue often leaves discoloration on one side of the coin, so I don't think I will buy any more coins from that place.

 

A few that arrived within the last two weeks.


Korea



Netherlands - Holland



Danish West Indies

 

*Seller pic

 

In case anyone is interested, I sent this picture on to Numista as they didn't have one before and it is now uploaded at:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces110022.html

As Greenland is outside my coin collecting area I have sent the coin for auction at DNW in London in September:
https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=486&lot_id=3083

So we will see how it goes!

 

These 3 little beauties arrived yesterday. 1866, 67 and 69 2 1/2 Gulden, silver .945, 38mm diameter, 25 grams.

 

Here's a recent acquisition that is somewhat of a mystery to me.

Hungary (dated June 6 1865)
Tin 42mm 24.74g
Engraved by Wilhelm Pittner, an Austrian who produced medals between 1856-1898.

1so FERENCZ JOSEF AUSZT. CSASZ. MAGYAR. ORSZ. KIRALYA.// EMLEK 1865/ JUNIUS 6ara. Laureate head, right
( ELJEN ) // KI CÉLUNKAT TALÁLJA. Crowned coat of arms of Hungary with laurel and palm branch, below in clouds ELJEN!.



After the failed War of Independence of 1848-1849, Hungary was kept under martial law with the people uncooperative and at times openly hostile to Austrian rule (a Hungarian attempted to assassinate Franz Joseph in 1853). In 1861 the Hungarian Parliament met and issued a statement that they would only cooperate with Austria if they were granted autonomy and the Emperor was crowned the constitutional monarch of Hungary. Franz Joseph responded by dissolving the Hungarian Parliament. The situation worsened over the coming years with Hungary in all but open rebellion.

On June 6 1865 (the date that this medal commemorates), Franz Joseph visited Pest in Hungary, re-established the Hungarian Parliament, and promised the Hungarian people the autonomy they had requested. The seeds for his ascending as King of Hungary were planted at this time, but his coronation would not occur until June 8 1867.

So the mystery with this medal is that while it is dated June 6 1865, Franz Joseph's title is listed as Franz Joseph the first, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, but he would not assume the title of King of Hungary until two years after this date. The appearance of his facial features and beard are consistent with his appearance around 1865-1870, but most closely resemble other busts and photographs from 1866-1867.

As to the reverse, I've found it difficult to translate without knowing the intent of the medal (is it parody? celebratory? for the coronation but commemorating the earlier date?), even after speaking to a couple people whose Hungarian is better than mine I haven't come to a conclusion about it. The only reference I found for this medal lists it as an 1865 Parliament of Pest medal (of which there were many issued).

The other mystery is the presentation of the small shield of Hungary on the reverse. The small shield topped with the Holy Crown of Szent Istvan is a fairly typical depiction for this period, however, behind the shield are a crossed anchor and cross, and below the shield are crossed laurel and palm branches. The only similar iconography I've found is on the Budapest district flag for Soroksár, which features the crossed anchor and cross (though reversed from how it is presented here).

Medals of Franz Joseph with Hungarian legends minted during the Austrian occupation period (1849-1866) are exceedingly rare, as he was very unpopular during this period of Hungarian nationalism. If I had to guess, I'd say the medal was likely produced prior to the coronation of 1867, but after Austria's loss in the Austro-Prussian War that led to Franz Joseph's resolve to assume the throne of Hungary. This would put the medal sometime in late 1866, with the intent being to celebrate the initial meeting in 1865 that led to the re-establishment of the Parliament and Hungarian autonomy under a constitutional monarch.

 

I went on a toner binge from a very nice collector who is paring down. I'm still trying to get the photos right...



and this one:

but the 'long view' of the slab shows it's 'look' a bit better:


and, this one:


and the slab view:

 

Here is a fellow I have wanted for a long time, Henry VIII son, Edward VI. Picked this up back in april.

I'm sure most will dislike the hole, but I am OK with it since the price was very cheap & there is plenty of meat left in the portrait.


Edward VI (1547 - 1553 A.D.)
AR Shilling
O: (tun) ЄDWΛRD’· VI : D’· S’ ΛGl’: FRΛ’· Z : hIB’· RЄX :, crowned and mantled bust facing slightly left; rose to left, XII to right.
R: (tun) POSVI DЄVM ·’ : ΛDIVTOR Є’· MEV·’·, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée.
5.7g
32mm
North 1937; SCBC 2482

 

Just picked up this 1797 British tuppence and it is a giant beautiful chunk of copper.

 

1759 Aachen XII heller and 1791 Aachen XII heller. Note the mink mark (?) "IK" on the 1791 which has the K reversed or backwards.

 

There are lots of 12 heller varieties from Aachen. See here:
https://www.aachen-muenzen.com/städtische-prägungen/12-heller/1791/
The one with the mirrored K should be number 91.21 on that page. The "IK" is a mintmaster sign (quite common in those days), and I think it refers to Johann/Iohannes Kohl.

Also, back then the names of places and people were not as standardized and "fixed" as they are now, so the spelling "Achen" was pretty common then. The double A makes sense as it tells you the word starts with a long vowel. However, rumor has it that the AA spelling was also preferred later because this way the city would almost always be at the top of an alphabetical list ...

Christian

 

I have consulted this site: https://www.aachen-muenzen.com/städtische-prägungen/12-heller/1791/ and also read it as a 91.21. I like these big old coins and have a goodly pile of them.