1500's German States Hammered Silver ID Help

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Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/02/2017 9:32 pm Can anyone help me out identifying this piece. Not even sure if the envelope info is correct. Pretty sure I have the orientations correct though. Thanks ID ninjas! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34447 Posts	Posted 03/02/2017 9:53 pm @cascade, nice coin! It is from the German State of Isny minted in 1523 AD. I'm going to recommend to the mods that this thread get moved over to the ancients and medieval section. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/02/2017 10:08 pm Thanks. I'd like more specifics if anyone knows and is it common or rare, any value? Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/03/2017 11:37 pm No more info available guys? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34447 Posts	Posted 03/04/2017 07:30 am Specifics? Sure, you have a 1 Batzen (4 Kreutzer) from the German Free City of Isny. The mass should be abnout 3 g and the diameter 25 mm. The obv inscription is MONE NOVA CIVITAS ISN Z3 and the rev inscription is GRA CAROLVS ROM BEG. The attribution is Saurma 1516, Neu 153, Schulten 1383, and Krause MB#17. Grading yours at Fine puts the value according to my Krause at about $20. If you want to be a little more conservative and call it VG, then Krause calls it $8. IMHO, the market retail purchase rates for ISNY coins are a bit higher than the Krause listings. However, the coins of ISNY are relatively common, with an earlier (and perhaps a bit optimistically priced) Isny Batzen available right now on vcoins. Here is a brother to your coin from my collection : "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34447 Posts	Posted 03/04/2017 07:33 am Sorry, one more thing. The "camera tripod"-looking thingee at 12 o'clock on the obv is the mintmaster mark for Albrecht Baumgartner. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 03/04/2017 09:45 am Thanks spence! Awesome info. I guess you collect these things huh. A friend just came into a decent stash of them and couldn't ID this one. I might grab one or two just to have some hammered silver Report this Post to the Staff
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