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Where Is This Coin From And Is It Old

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 Posted 07/23/2012  1:48 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add epiq to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Bought this rather nice "coin" a few weeks ago.
Is it old or is it a repro.


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 Posted 07/23/2012  2:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alganbagerap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is usually called a seaman's or fisherman's charm
Obverse:
St. George, mounted, slaying dragon
Around which:
St. GEORGIUS EQUITUM PATRONUS
(St. George Patron Saint of Knights)
Reverse:
A storm tossed ship containing a sleeping Christ
and two frightened Apostles
Around which:
INTEMPESTATE SECURITAS
(Safety in the storm)
You can read all sorts of nonsense about these on ebay. Here's the true story:
The obverse comes from a coin called a Mansfeld thaler. First minted in 1521, it was commissioned by a
Count vonMansfeld
and honoured his family's patron saint. The von Mansfeld family trade was warfare and his symbol was adopted for luck by his mercenary troops.
Skipping forward a century or so and the thaler had been replaced by a charm or amulet bearing St George but now with the addition of Christ on the reverse.
This design is generally credited to a Hungarian engraver, Christian Hermann Roth and, with modifications, has been in continuous production ever since.
Even resources like the British Museum get this one wildly wrong.
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Thanks. Any idea about age of my coin. Great story!
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That style is usually 50-80 years old.
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 Posted 07/23/2012  4:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add epiq to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks alot for the help alganagerap regarding the "coin"
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