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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Quote: This silver piece is one of the earliest French coins made with a mechanical press. 
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Quote: France, teston, 1553, Henry II very interesting coin, erafjel ! here is a pair of mysterious jetons from 1553, discussed in detail in another thread http://goccf.com/t/319826#1   #2   these pieces are now referred to in Dugniolle on line http://dugniolle.com/dugniolle1902-2000.html as #1948 and #1948a the Owl Candle side refers to the dispute in 1553 between Calvin and Servet in Geneva
Edited by 1c5d7n5m 10/02/2019 6:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1553 -- Kingdom of Hungary, 1 denar:  
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7970 Posts |
Wonderful coins for 1553!
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 United States
34457 Posts |
I agree @tdz! Here is a Sechsling from the German Duchy of Mecklenburg dated AD 1552:  
"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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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7970 Posts |
I think Mecklenburg had the original "Mad Cow"  1552 Lithuanian 1/2 groschen / polgrosz  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
1552 -- Kingdom of France, 1 douzain aux croisants:  
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7970 Posts |
Amazing that there is a French coin with a name resembling "a dozen croissants." I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. For 1551 I have another Lithuanian polgrosz:  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: a dozen croissants It would be a little early. I read in a Paris restaurant that the first croissants were baked in Vienna in celebration of the breaking of the siege of Vienna in 1683.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
1551 -- Kingdom of Hungary, 1 denar:  
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Valued Member
Norway
375 Posts |
German states, Prussia 1550 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7970 Posts |
Very nice! I know we will see this face again over the next decade. 1550 Lithuania 1/2 groschen (auction photo for now):  
Edited by tdziemia 10/05/2019 06:49 am
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 United States
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Here is a Marien-Groshen from the German Free City of Brunswick dated AD 1550:  
"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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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
1550 -- Kingdom of France, 1 douzain aux croissants:  
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Valued Member
Norway
375 Posts |
Half groschen. Lithuania/Poland 1549 
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