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A few recent German States and medieval pick ups.

1789 Saxony

Obverse Lettering: FRID.AUGUST:GUX SAX:ELECTOR

Reverse Lettering: X. EINE MARCK F:
E.D.C.
1773

Composition: Silver (.833)
Weight: 27.98 g
Diameter: 41 mm

1793 Mainz


Friedrich Karl Joseph Mainz Siege Coinage

Obverse: Capped fasces within oak leaf wreath
Obverse Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1793 L'AN 2E.
Engraver: Jacques Stieler

Reverse Lettering: MONOYE DE SIEGE DE MAYENCE 5 SOLS.
Engraver: Jacques Stieler

Composition: Copper
Weight: 20.02 g
Diameter: 31 mm

Only 8460 coins minted during the siege of the city of Mainz by the French revolutionary troops who withstood the siege of the Prussian army and its allies until July 23, 1793.

Saxony 973-1011 Silver Pfennig

AR Pfennig
Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 1.49 g

Lüneburg mint(?). Struck circa 995-1010.

Obverse: Diademed head left
Reverse: Short cross pattée.

Dannenberg 585; Kilger 3.2.3.

Regensberg 955-1004 Silver Pfennig


AR Pfennig
Diameter: 20mm
Weight: 1.30 g

Encio, moneyer. Struck 995-1002.

Obverse: Short cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters, annulet in second, chevron in third
Reverse: Temple façade; ENC retrograde at center.

Hahn 25c.6; Dannenberg 1071.

 

Some new arrivals:

 

Mexico 1815 8 Reales

 

grade?

 

AU55 - seems about right to me

 

Agreed.

 

It was struck at the Melbourne Mint in Melbourne.

 

Really? But there isn't a mintmark below the date, and Numista doesn't include the M for 1926 in their list of dates.

 

Mintmarks weren't used on Australian coins from 1922 to 1939 regardkess of where they were struck.

 

Interesting! Thanks for letting me know. I will need to edit that photo, then.

 

Here is a new favorite!



I love the special history behind this coin - treasure ships, daring seamanship, desperate battles, set in the far-flung New World coasts of South America - what could be more captivating?

It isn't often one can tie a coin to a single historical event so directly!

Here is a painting of this very battle, done in oil by Samuel Scott in the mid-1700's, shortly after the event itself:





Anyone else have any LIMA coins?

 

1805 2 Reales Peru (Lima mint)

 

Always wanted one of these! And a Vigo from Queen Victoria.

Super cool piece

 

Thanks!
"Vigo from Queen Victoria" - what is that?

 

Ruler/King: Louis XV
Value/Denomination: Ecu (A French Crown)
Type/Variety: 1715-1718 (Ecu Vertugadin) / (Flan Reforme) / (LVD Variety)
References: GAD, # 317 pg. 284, DAV # 1326, KM-414.13
Mint: (M) Toulouse (France)
Mintage: 89,000 (PCGS)
NGC Population: One MS62 example
PCGS Population: One MS63 example and this AU58 example
PCGS Categorization: FRANCE / LES MONNAIES ROYALES LOUIS XV ECU / ECU VERTUGADIN (BUSTE ENFANT JEUNE DROIT) (1715 - 1718)
Sources: NGC, PCGS, Numista, Monnaies Royales Francaises (GAD), StacksBowers Lot 30376

 

https://britanniacoincompany.com/blog/vigo-coins-of-queen-anne/

Queen Anne, not Victoria, apologies.