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This thread is for history buffs 
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Hungary denar 1623 Ferdinand II (1578-1637) Madonna with child on crescent moon FER.II.D.G.R.I.S.A.GE.H.B.R. : FERDINAND II DEI GRATIA ROMANORVM IMPERATOR SEMPER AVGVSTVS GERMANIAE HUNGARIAE BOHEMIAE REX: Ferdinand II by the grace of God, always exalted emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Germania, Hungary and Bohemia PATRO.HVNGA.1623 Mint KB: Kremnitz Huszár 1203 
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escalin 1623 Philips IV, (1621-1665) Brabant, struck in Brussels PHIL.IIII.D.G.HISP.ET.INDIAR.REX: PHILIPPUS IIII DEI GRATIA HISPANIARUM ET INDIARUM REX: Philips IV, at the grace gods, king of Spain and Indie ARCHID.AUS.DUX.BURG.BR.Z: ARCHIDUX AUSTRIA DUX BURGUNDIARY AND BRABANTIE ZArchduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant The Z is a Tironian logogram and has a hole history. I have rewritten a document on this symbol. Just ask and I will send it. 
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escalin 1623 Philips IV, (1621-1665) Brabant, struck in Brussels or Maastricht PHIL.IIII.D.G.HISP.ET.INDIAR.REX: PHILIPPUS IIII DEI GRATIA HISPANIARUM ET INDIARUM REX: Philips IV, at the Grace of God, King of Spain and Indie ARCHID.AUS.DUX.BURG.BR. Z: ARCHIDUX AUSTRIA DUX BURGUNDIC AND BRABANTIA: Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant 
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1 denar (16) Z3 Type 2 Krakow mint KM # 34 Kopicki 573, Punch 2 
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Aaah, a Siggy... solidus 1623 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth SIG 3 DGR. (_) POL MDL. Sigismundus Tertio Dei Gratia Reg PoloniĈ Magnus Dux LituaniĈ SOLID R (_) POL. I623. Soludus Regis PoloniĈ Bromberg mint Ruler: Sigismund III (1587-1632) Mint: Bromberg Reference: Kopicki 717 
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Norway
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Ort, 1/4 Thaler, Poland. One with dark patina.  
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1623 jeton from Brussels issued by Frederic Marselaer to honor the archdukes Dugn.3804 Obv. Archangel Michael fighting the devil QVOD SOLET NON DOLET Rev. Horse bit REGI DVCI 
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6 groschen 1623 
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Very nice Brabant escalins. It's a type I have on my want list for 1630s/40s. And that is a super St. Michael (none of mine with this image are dated) @giljan, there are also lettering differences on your two orts (PRVSM and PRVM) I have a Gdansk ort for today:  
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Gdansk ort : very good portrait ! interesting to see a very faint but sharp extra trace of necklace below moustache and ear of Sigismund
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Two of my Poltoraks from 1623. Seems like they were struggling with the hammer on the second one....  
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1623 -- Free City of Augsburg, 2 kreuzer:  
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(16)23 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden1/24th Thaler = 3 PölkerRiga
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1623 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 2 GrosBesançon (France) The city of Besançon minted coins from 1526-1673. All coins bore the name of Charles V.
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