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oh yeah, Now I see that rule (near the bottom.. my bad.
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No problem, Dearborn.  Very nice and interesting denars, Spence and tdziemia!  Here is an early temple denier, from only a couple of decades after the type was introduced by Charlemagne. Denier, Frankish kingdom, 822-840, Louis I. Silver, 1.72 g, 20.5 mm.  Obverse: HLVDOVVICVS IMP (Emperor Louis). Reverse: +PISTIANA RELIGIO (Christian religion). Temple. |
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Will this also include United Kingdom pennies too? Here is my oldest "pre"-United Kingdom Penny.  It was minted in Winchester less than a decade before the years started to have four digits.   Quote:
Drachms are actually outside the scope of this thread, True but that might be a fun thread to start after this one winds down. This is really fun seeing everyone's coins! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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More nice additions. Errers and Varietys.
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Great new additions after my fo-pah!
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... less than a decade before the years started to have four digits. I've got a couple more before that milepost (and I suspect you and erafjel do, too . Here is another denier struck at an imperial mint in Lotharingia, this time Huy (modern day Belgium) in the name of Otto I while King of East Francia, 936-962.  . |
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Very nice, tdziemia. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice examples! |
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Here is my first post for the 11th Century--a Denar from Friesland (Emden Mint). it was issued by Hermann I von Kalvelage, Graf von Ravensberg--which seems like a mouthful of a name.   "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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Here is my first post for the 11th Century--a Denar from Friesland (Emden Mint). it was issued by Hermann I von Kalvelage, Graf von Ravensberg--which seems like a mouthful of a name. Excellent! |
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Very nice, Spence! Errers and Varietys.
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So many interesting and beautiful coins, I am glad I started this thread! Even as a kid, and long before I developed an interest in history, a couple of the more colourful English monarchs were known to me: Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, William the Conqueror - and Richard the Lionheart. My knowledge was quite superficial, but that Richard the Lionheart was the bravest and most noble knight of all, that was clear beyond all doubt.  When I much later in life realized one could get hold of coins with his name on them, I didn't hesitate!  Before he became king of England, Richard was duke of Aquitaine, which is where this denier is from. Denier, Aquitaine, 1172-1185, Richard I (the Lionheart). Silver, 0.67 g, 19 mm.  Obverse: RICARDVS. ω (symbol for Christ). Reverse: AGVITANIE. |
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Stunning coin @era! On the other side of the grading spectrum would be this 11th Century Bohemian Denar. It was issued by King Bretislaus I and features Saint Wenceslaus on what remains of the rev.   "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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More nice additions! Errers and Varietys.
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