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here is a portrait of Anna by the Dutch painter Antonis Mor while she traveled through the Netherlands on her way to her new husband: @1c5, can you please speculate on why she seems to have one hand that doesn't match her skin color? Is she maybe wearing a single glove a la Michael Jackson? I think she is just showing off her perfumed glove. (I can find paintings of her on the internet where she wears no gloves, gloves on both hands, glove on right hand, or glove on left hand, so nothing wrong with her hands.) Perfumed gloves were very fashionable among royalty and upper aristocracy in the 1500s and there are many paintings of royal persons with gloves, often just holding one or a pair in one hand. For instance, Elizabeth I of England is often portrayed holding gloves in one hand. Or just look at the painting of Sigismund II in the post by tdziemia above... Making leather gloves in the 16th century involved treating them with various obnoxious organic substances (I will not be more specific, use your worst imagination...  ), leaving them with a rather rancid odor. They had to undergo a long and complicated and costly treatment with herbs, flowers, and other fragrances before being presentable in nobler surroundings. |
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1569 -- Kingdom of Hungary, 1 denar:   |
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I think she is just showing off her perfumed glove Another good theory! Here is a Groschen from the Swiss Canton of St. Gall dated AD 1568.   "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
Edited by Spence
09/17/2019 04:46 am
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Belgium
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4 grossus (Czworak) MONETA'MAGNI'DVCAT'LITV 1568 MONETA MAGNI DUCATUS LITUANIĆ money of the grand duchy of Lithuania 1568 SIGIS'AVG'D'G'REX'PO'MAG'DVX'L SIGISMUNDUS AUGUSTUS REX POLONIĆ MAGNUS DUX LITUANIĆ Sigismund Augustus, king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania Vilnius munt Gum# 598   |
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Today I have the same coin as @Petrus. There was quite a bit of innovation in denominations during this Sigismund's reign. The 2 denar, and 4 groschen coins we have seen here the last three days were minted for the first time under Sigismund II (also the 2 groschen).   |
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here is my first coin I collected on this topic, purchased 30 years ago a Bourgondische Kruisdaalder (Burgundy taler) minted in Antwerp in 1568, which the familiar " klop" of the rebels in 1572 references: Host coin Delm.90 "klop" Delm.141A  this marks 1568 - the starting date of the 80 years war see you back on CCF in 12-14 days |
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Great history and numismatics lessons for us all these last two months!
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1568 -- Kingdom of Hungary, 1 denar:   |
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Here is a (uniface) Pfennig from the German Archbishopric of Mainz dated AD 1567:   "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
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1567 Lithuanian 2 denar of Sigismund II   |
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thx @petrus!
"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
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United States
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1567 -- Kingdom of England, 6 pence:   Edited by pepactonius
09/18/2019 8:30 pm
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Here is a Groschen from the German Electorate of Saxony-Albertine dated AD 1566:   "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
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Norway
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Sigismund Augustus, king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania Vilnius mint 1566  |
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