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Interesting - while forgers can be very quick, no damage done. Here an easy definite one from France:   Douzain "aux croissants" 1551 A, minted in Paris during the reign of Henry II (1547-1559). It's known as "douzain aux croissants" not because it should be served with butter but because of the two crescents on the obverse. If anyone is searching for the date, it's on the reverse marked with red. |
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1555N-C Hungarian Denar,King Ferdinand I. Another of the more scarce N-C mint marks.   |
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1557 - Scotland plack  |
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Nice coin, those Scottish ones are quite difficult to get.
Hope to see more coins from you in the next days/weeks/months.
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Off to 1541-1550:   Quattrino (15)43 from the Republic of Lucca - the large "L" is the give away. This series ran from 1543 to 1674 - because the obverse on my 1543 issue is quite blundered, I took the liberty to show the obverse from my 1554 one, so that everyone can see how those coins looked like. |
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c.1547 Russia kopeck Pskov mint. Ivan the Terrible  |
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Here another coin from Shah Tahmasp I ibn Isma'il   AR Two Shahi (4.6g) AH952 (ie 24/03/1545-12/03/1546) Obverse: Kalima with 12 Imans around Reverse: Inscription contains "952" and "Shah Tahmasp" |
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1544K-B Hungarian Denar,King Ferdinand I.   |
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1/2 grossus, Lithuania 1549   |
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Very nice coin 'johnee82' - keep them coming.
But for everyone, it's up to 1531-1540 now.
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groschen from Prussia, Albrecht von Hohenzollern 1534   |
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Very nice coin.
Let me add for those who are not well versed with German history, this Groschen was not issued by the German state Prussia but rather the Duchy of Prussia which resulted from the lands of the Teutonic Order and owed fielty to Poland, it was outside the area of the Holy Roman Empire. But sometimes later this Duchy was raised to a Kingdom in itself and in the end the name was adopted by the Margraves of Brandenburg when they held both realms.
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My first offering for the day/decade is a coin with a juicy story attached.   Quattrino issued (1537-1545) for the Duchy of Castro by Pierluigi Farnese - CNI Vol.XIV Page 253 Number 71 Obverse: PvLOISIvF DVXvCAvI around crowned arms Reverse: .SANTVS SAVINV S around saint standing facing Pierluigi Farnese was an illegitimate child of Pope Paul III. Paul III created the Duchy of Castro (subordinate to the Holy See) and made his son duke in 1537. In 1545 he was made Duke of Parma and he died in 1547. For those who want to know all details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_L...uke_of_Parma |
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1536 Reval (Tallinn) Baltic Crusaders Livonia Schilling  |
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Here another coin from the Moghul Empire (or Mughal Empire), this time more traditionally dated in the AH system.   AE Half Dams minted AH940 (ie 01/08/1533-21/07/1534) in Agra for Nazir al din Humayun ibn Baber - cf.Mitchiner#3014+ The obverse inscription contains "Dar al Khalifat Agra" and on the reverse is "940". |
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