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paveltul Valued Member United States 111 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 1:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 1:59 pm Seems to reference this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=719899 Looks like there's a stamp below the lion indicating yours is a modern repro. Edited by Kamnaskires 10/13/2017 2:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 9:32 pm Modern replica of a Prague groschen of the type issued under Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (Czech Republic), circa 1300-1500 a.d. The originals managed to circulate for over two centuries because compared to many other competing small silver groschen/groszy/etc. they maintained a very high silver content, .933 (compare to sterling at .925!) The obverse legends read: DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE on the outer circle, and WENCEZLAVS SECVNDVS on the inner; taken together, they mean Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia by the Grace of God. The reverse legend reads: GROSSI PRAGENSES (Groschen of Prague.) This replica has the date 1994 below the lion on the reverse. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 9:55 pm Well worth having in a collection, even if a replica. There is obviously no attempt at fakery here, OK, so long as no one attempts to sell it as original and genuine. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 10/14/2017 12:52 pm They are an important part of the history of European silver trade coinage and high quality replicas look just fine in collections of such coinage along with guldiners, luigini, kronenthaler, MTT's, etc. I agree with sel that this is a good quality replica and not a cheap tourist fake or attempt at deception. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 10/14/2017 3:02 pm it shoud look like this: except mine is from John the Blind Report this Post to the Staff
giedrius Valued Member Lithuania 386 Posts	Posted 10/15/2017 03:24 am It's possible to get these original coins by reasonable prices,f.e. in Polish auctions https://allegro.pl/kategoria/kolekc...col-1-1-1003 Report this Post to the Staff
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