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yes they are !
the Frankfurt piece is so beautiful the details of the OBV are amazing
quite unique for German coins I am not aware of other countries in the same epoch that did the same

They look fantastic to me.

very nice coins, jfransch !

8R are not my field at all, so I enjoy learning about this field browsing in CCF
(interesting discussions about origin of 8R pieces and how to determine originality)

can you explain the pillar scene with land in between on the OBV side of coin1 and 3?
originally the pillars were symbolising land S and N of the strait of Gibraltar right? (Hercules legend)
apparently the idea has changed, because on the coins there is a mountain in the middle; is this Mexico?

Here's some more light weight crowns!Pretty sure we'll see some Lösers/multiple thalers soon and I'm just going to wait and enjoy the show after this post!

Ecu, Brabant, Filip II, 1558, 33,7 gr

1665 LW Brunswick Calenberg Hannover thaler, obv. graffiti

Everyday a pleasure to view everybody's newly-posted crowns. Very nice, all!

Here are two Ecu de Six Livres struck by the Convention Nationale in France in 1793 during the 'Reign of Terror'.
Ecus minted at Paris (mintmark A) are the type most commonly encountered.
Other mints are scarcer.


Ecu de 6 Livres - Minted at Lyon:




Ecu the 6 Livres - Minted at Lille:

hello paulCT,

thanks for your comments about the two Leicesterdaalders

The Overijssel coins (1595 - Delm.908 - R3) are a bit odd:
* the province of Overijssel was the last of the 7 provinces to mint these coins (type 2 only), whereas the other provinces started minting in 1587.
** the coin shown above is funny with a "ruined face" and an arrow bundle that is not correctly positioned. quite interesting, maybe there is a reason for this sloppiness; maybe I am not alone thinking that the Leicesterdaalders and Leicesterrealen were the most perfected taler-type coins between 1560 and 1600 in the Netherlands: planchets as regular as can be and careful design of the dies, especially the face of the duke. Overijssel seems an exception.

I know of two other 1595 Overijssel coins, both are more "regular" Leicesterdaalders because the arrows point into the text. One is in the Deventers Museum (see below). Perhaps one of the CCF members knows if other coins exist of this type?

@jfransch: thanks for the explanation, fantastic to learn about the rich symbols on important types of coins - this forum is fun
@GERMANICUS: you have got a series of interesting pieces, the 6 livres seem also highly symbolic, the female/angle is writing constitution
@paulCT: the philipsdaalders (ecu Philippe) where the heavyweight silver pieces of the 16th century and some were really well made
the ones I love most were made around 1575 in Bruges, Flanders
In 1558, the date of your coin, Philip was ruler over the 17 provinces of the Netherlands, north and south; 8 years later the troubles started and the region ended up split in North and South (more or less current Holland and Belgium), although large pieces of the southern flemish lands are now part of France.