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More Siggy from me for today. Here is a Polish 6 Groshen (Krackow mint) dated 1626 AD:   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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As far as fashion goes, seems the French are ahead of the Poles, Habsburgs and everyone else in the late 1620s. There are SO many things to learn from our coins, and I think the "How Far Back..." thread is an especially good venue for observing all kinds of things like this. In addition to the personal grooming angle (hair/moustache/beard), I have wondered about the royal headgear choices (crown vs. laurel wreath). In recent days, Louis XIII is laurate on those doubles tournois through the 1630s, as is Ferdinand on the Hapsburg coins. In Poland, Jan Casimir is both laureate and crowned (1650s-1660s), but Sigismund is only crowned. In Lorraine, the dukes wear crowns through the mid-1500s, but are bareheaded thereafter. (I'm less familiar with British issues during this timeframe). I know the laurel crown harkens back to Roman representations, but it's not clear to me why some sovereigns used it, and others not. Edited by tdziemia
02/19/2021 07:38 am
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Polish 6 Groshen (Krakow mint) dated 1626 I've always been struck by the cartoonish character of this portrait of Sigismund (disproportionately large eyes, etc) and wonder what was going on at the Krakow mint starting in the mid-1620s. Maybe the chief engraver died, and his apprentice wasn't up to the task? We will see 1 and 3 groschen coins minted in Krakow from 1600 to 1623 with more normal busts of the king.  1625 Duchy of Lorraine teston of Charles and Nicole   Edited by tdziemia
02/19/2021 07:51 am
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poland---1625   |
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Princetane is bringing some added value to the topic!   |
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I agree @tdz, that some of these Siggy portraits include odd bug-eyes. For today, here is a burly 1 Ore from Sweden (Sater and Nykoping mint) dated 1626 AD:   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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@mikev, that's quite a nice example of the type, evenly struck (many have weak spots). Here is my Polish coin for 1625, another 18 groschen from the Gdansk mint:   |
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1624 Poland 18 groschen, Bydgoszcz mint. Same mint and portrait as @jgenn's lovely 1628 thaler, but a common coin worth only about 3% as much.   |
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here is a burly 1 Ore from Sweden (Sater and Nykoping mint) dated 1626 AD An interesting coin, @Spence! It is made with a rolling mill, a technique used in Sweden from 1625 and onwards (some experimentation had been done in the 1570s, but this 1 öre belongs to the first coins for which the technique was used regularly). The same type of coins were minted in both Säter and Nyköping. Based on the shape of the crowns, your coin can be attributed to Säter. Säter was (and is  ) a small municipality in the county of Dalarna, and the reason for minting copper coins there was the proximity to Falu copper mine. @tdziemia, your Lorraine coins always makes me consider extending my area of collection to that region  . |
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your Lorraine coins always makes me consider extending my area of collection to that region The Charles III (1545-1608) and Charles IV portrait coins come up frequently at auction for prices that are pretty reasonable  |
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1624 P-P Hungarian Denar under King Ferdinand II.  |
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Based on the shape of the crowns, your coin can be attributed to Säter. Duly noted--thx for the information! Looks like Säter is only a couple hours North of Stockholm. I haven't made it down that far South into Sweden, but hopefully will someday. This 3 Groshen from Poland is even smaller than @tdz's coin for today, although mine was minted in Krackow.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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1623 Poland- Danzig Ort   |
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Nice! And me too (maybe even an obverse die match?). I'm curious what grade yours has?   |
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(maybe even an obverse die match?) Full die match, I'd say - die cracks/chips and/or rust spots match on both sides. (Except inside the 6, where only @tdziemia's coin seems to have the chip.) |
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