What Country Is That Coin From? | Saxony Pfennig

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januszi New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 01/09/2009 9:03 pm Image: Nieznanymaly.jpg 37.9 KB Year 1674. Other side: C and R Edited by Sap 01/24/2009 08:45 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16895 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 12:29 am The coat of arms is of the Electorate of Saxony, a country situated in what is now eastern Germany and Poland. It appears to be a 1 pfennig; I assume this coin is quite small (about 12mm across)? It's from the 1600's; the date is shown in the four numbers, two on either side of the shield. I can't make out the last two numbers in this pic, but the mintmaster's initials "CK" indicate this coin must date from sometime between 1640 and 1678. If I had to guess, I'd guess 1651. Not that it makes much difference; all dates are listed in the catalogues (KM# 130) as having the same value (somewhere in the $10 to $20 range, in that condition. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
januszi New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 4:33 pm Thank you for your tip, but it is "C" and "R". Date 1674 Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 01/11/2009 03:29 am With letters CR (initials for mintmaster Constantin Rothe) and date 1674, this must be: Electorate of Saxony 1 pfennig (as Sap already assumed) KM#519, struck from 1667 until 1679 (the last year with mintmasterinitials CF/Christoph Fischer). Report this Post to the Staff
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