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Wow! That is a spectacular run of coins in the last 24 hours! Quote:
I think it's a standard image found on Magdeburg coins.I always like to think of it as someone on the city walls throwing bombs or boiling oil down on the Papal Army, during the siege of 1631 A number of Germanic places have this general type of reverse, with somebody atop the city gates. Based on Polish coins from the Torun (Thorn) mint in the 17th c., I have always thought this was meant to be a more benevolent creature like an angel or patron saint. (Edit: Magdeburg's patron saint is St. Moritz who is usually depicted in armor holding a sword, so this creature is certainly not him!) Quote:
They crammed so much onto the coin that they didn't have the real estate for the complete date. By the 1620s, this type would just have the last two digits of the date, e.g. 22 for 1622. @paralyse that is a wonderful history of that place. Thanks! Edited by tdziemia
12/24/2018 10:34 am
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That is a wonderful post paralyse. I love the way you tie it all together and establish its significance to you personally.
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12/23/2018 8:05 pm
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Nice job, Pep, you're posting some wonderfully pleasing & scarcer pieces lately Thanks -- I'm trying to build up my German states collection (based on the Krause and Numista Catalogs). |
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Iserlohn 50 pfennig notgeld 1917. The coat of arms shows St. Pancras, the patron saint, atop the city walls. Pancras was a Roman lad who had converted to Christianity and was beheaded at age 15 in the persecution of Diocletian in 304 AD. His cult took hold very early in Britain (by the 5th century), the place with which he is normally associated.   |
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Kempten, kreuzer 1623. (@paralyse, this place is just 10 miles north of Blaichach) The reverse pictures St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, mystic and philosopher who was just canonized in 2012. She is one of the few post-biblical female saints who appear on coins of this era (at the time she was in the earliest stage of the sainthood process).   Edited by tdziemia
12/24/2018 1:02 pm
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1895-D Bavaria 5 Marks Lovely circulation cameo! Looking good. |
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Trier -- 4 pfennig, 1674: Wonderful! |
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