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We get to see how the Gdansk engraver potrayed Sigismund on this 1531 groat from Gdansk (still bad hair but no "bug eyes" and less scowl):   ...And another interesting abbreviation reverse, DANC3 for something like GEDANENSIS (fuller spelling seen on the same type a few years later) Edited by tdziemia
09/10/2024 08:21 am
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We get to see how the Gdansk engraver potrayed Sigismund on this 1531 groat from Gdansk (still bad hair but no "bug eyes" and less scowl): Very nice!  |
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That is a very nice sequence of Siggies, tdziemia! Quote:
And another interesting abbreviation reverse, DANC3 for something like GEDANENSIS I think that '3' is just a 'Z' written in a way common at the time. "Danczik" and similar seem to have been ways to spell the city's name, and although not in line with the rest of the inscription being in Latin, I think DANCZ is a short form of the local name. |
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For today I have this Pfennig from the Austrian State of Steiermark:   "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 think that '3' is just a 'Z' written in a way common at the time. "Danczik" and similar seem to have been ways to spell the city's name, and although not in line with the rest of the inscription being in Latin, I think DANCZ is a short form of the local name. That probably makes more sense than it abbreviating a couple of syllables. Maybe it was just an engraver's preference. When the design changed in the late 1530s, so did the spelling as seen here: https://wcn.pl/archive/379931? |
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For today I have this Pfennig from the Austrian State of Steiermark: Excellent! |
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Recent acquisition Free City of Riga 1 schilling (15)70   |
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Recent acquisition... Free City of Riga 1 schilling (15)70 Outstanding! |
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Nice Riga coin. I like their emblem (is that a lion's face inside the city gate?) For 1530 another groat of Sigismund struck at the Torun mint:   |
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For 1530 another groat of Sigismund struck at the Torun mint: Very nice! |
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Polish groat of 1529 struck in Krakow.   Edited by tdziemia
09/12/2024 8:08 pm
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Polish groat of 1529 struck in Krakow. Excellent! |
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1528 was the first year of dated coins struck at the Torun mint, like this schilling:   |
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1528 was the first year of dated coins struck at the Torun mint, like this schilling: Excellent! |
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Another Hungarian Denar:   "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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