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Wow! Great contributions! I don't think I've seen those out here before. I like the evolution from the stylized,Gothic representation to the the more realistic image a century later.
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From googly-eyed alien to sword-wielding astronaut, here is St. Paul's final form: Christian soldier. I've got a couple more examples from Muester--these are 18th Century though. 1714 AD:   1764 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."
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Super! That closes the loop, as the 1714 4 pfennig is the same type @pepactonius posted on Monday.
The book is easy to understand as a symbol for St. Paul. According to some sources, the sword is related to the means of his martyrdom (beheading).
Maybe we will see more of him next week with P for Papal States?
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Another good week! Here is where we stand:
Aachen - Charlemagne (2)
Andorra - Charlemagne
Arezzo - St. Donato
Australia - St. George (2)
Bavaria - Mary as Madonna (6)
Berne - St. Vincent
Bingen - St. Martin of Tours
Bohemia - St Adalbert and St. Wenceslas (2)
Brabant - St. Andrew, St. Michael, St. Peter, St. Philip
Bremen - St Wilehad, St. Peter
Brunswick (city) - St. Anne
Brunswick-Lunenburg-Calenberg - St. Andrew
Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hanover - St. Andrew (3)
Canada - St. George (3)
Carmagnola - St. Constanmtius
Constance - St. Conrad
Corvey - St. Vitus
Ferrara - St. George (2), Mary Magdalene, St. Maurelius
France - Gabriel, Mary
Goslar - Sts Simon & Jude, St. Matthias
Gotha - St. Gotthard
Great Britain/U.K. - St. George (12)
Hessen - St Elizabeth of Thuringia
Hildesheim - St. Bernward, Mary as Madonna
Hungary - Mary, Madonna (19), John the Baptist
Iserlohn - St. Pancras
Kempten - Hildegard
Koln - St. Peter (6)
Leignitz-Brieg - St. Peter, St. Hedwig
Limoges - St. Martial
Lucca - St. Martin
Luzerne - St. Leodegar
Mainz - St. Peter (3)
Mansfeld - St. George
Metz - St. Stephen
Milan - St Ambrose (3)
Munster - St. Paul (8)
Naples - St. Michael, St. Gabriel, Mary
Ottingen - St Sebastian (2)
U.S. - St. Eligius token
I hope with next week's letters, P-Q-R-S we can get more of our world coin collectors to step up, with places like Papal States. Here is a longer list to look at in our collections that might have an image to contribute this week:
Paderborn - St. Anthony, St. Liborius, St. Meinolf
Padua - St. Prodoscimus
Papal States- St. Paul, Peter and many others)
Parma - St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, St. Vitalis
Pavia - St. Cyr
Passau - St. Stephen
Perugia - St. Herculanus
Pesaro - St. Terentius
Piaczenza - St Antoninus
Portugal - St. Vincent
Portuguese India - St. John, St. Philip, St. Thomas
Quedlinburg - St. Servatius
Ragusa - St. Blaise
Regensburg - St. Wolfgang
Ravenna - St. Apollinarus
St. Gallen - St. Gallus
St. Veit - St. Leopold, St. Vitus
Salerno - St. Matthew
Salzburg - Mary, St. Chrysanthus, St. Rupert & Virgilius
San Marino - St. Marinus
Savoy - Gabriel, St. Mauritius
Schwyz - St. Martin
Solothurn - St. Ursus
Sweden - St. Erik
Let's see 'em!
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I'll start P - S with a coin I joked about earlier, my only St. Gaudens  this 13-14th undated grosso of the Italian city-state Rimini with an image of that city's first bishop, Saint Gaudentius.   |
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My biggest contributions this week will be St George and the dragon, on the Russian Empire coat of arms. However, let's start with Ragusa and St. Blaise (and Jesus): Republic of Ragusa -- 1 perpero, 1709:   Are we doing "S" this week (Salzburg and South Africa, for me)? The original schedule had P Q R this weeek? Edited by pepactonius
03/29/2020 11:49 am
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Very nice Ragusa coin! I think Sweden also has this Salvator Mundi image of Jesus (which we saw from @t360 on some gorgeous thalers on the last How Far Back thread).
YES on S. I figured since Q would likely be a no-show (though maybe @spence has Quedlinburg) we would go thru S this week. Makes for two remaining chunks of the alphabet (T-U-V, then W-Z).
I think this could be a big week, with Papal States, Salzburg, and Russia (which I completely forgot).
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03/29/2020 1:42 pm
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This may be my most unusual contribution, though not an especially beautiful coin, a 2 tanga of Portuguese India (1640-41) with an image of St. Philip.   |
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This coin is just a little more modern then all the ones posted. But I think it works. 1972 San Marino 50 Lire St. Marinus   |
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Looks like I've got a little something to post each day this week, although sadly nothing from Quedlinburg. To get started, here are a couple Grosettos from Ragusa--one 16th Century and one 17th Century. Both include St. Blaise, but the older coin seems to also include an image of Jesus (hard to tell on the younger coin, but perhaps that is Him there too). 1514-1533:   1686:   "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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This coin is just a little more modern then all the ones posted. But I think it works.
1972 San Marino  Absolutely! And good to see you here @Keith. Quote:
the older coin seems to also include an image of Jesus If it's the figure in the 3d photo with SALVS TVTA in the legend like pepactonius' coin, I think it's a good bet it is Jesus again. I had Ragusa on my radar screen for St. Blaise, but having religious images on both sides means it goes higher on the list. For anyone who grew up Catholic way-back-when, St. Blaise's feast day was marked by the blessing of throats (related to a miracle he performed). As I had recurrent sore throats as a kid, my mom made sure I NEVER missed that event. Edited by tdziemia
03/29/2020 5:04 pm
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Since we've had a few Ragusa coins with images of Jesus, here is another, this 1577 1 grosz coin from the siege of Gdansk. Collectors from the Germanic world would put this under D for Danzig, but since I am a collector of Poland, it goes here, as Poland, Gdansk mint   |
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"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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I believe that is St. Peter on the reverse. The other option is this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfg...f_RegensburgThough the iconography isn't always consistent, Peter is usually shown as bald and bearded (your coins from Koln and Mainz), and the saints shown with mitre and crozier are often a local medieval bishop like your Willehad of Bremen, my Bernward of Hildesheim, and the parade of St. Ruperts (Salzburg) we will see the next few days. I still need to photograph my 16th c. Regensburg coin Edited by tdziemia
03/30/2020 07:03 am
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Here is St. Thomas the apostle on a 1793 20 soldo coin of the Duchy of Parma.   |
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