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Very nice coin and thanks for the history lesson

Picked up this lovely medal for my horse-themed set. The seller's description is also below.

SWITZERLAND. By Huguenin. 1933 AE Medal. PCGS MS65. Edge: Smooth. 60mm. Full standing figure of an Officer in full dress regalia in the foreground holding the reigns of a large, rearing horse on its hind legs in the background / 1833/ 1933/ SCHWEIZERISCHE/ OFFIZIERS/ GESELLSCHAFT. Dates and legend over Swizz cross, shield below with signature, Huguenin beneath. To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Swiss Officers Company (Schweizerische Offiziersgesellschaft), 1833-1933.

I know, this one does not look too spectacular but I am really happy that I got this rather scarce coin. It is a Kipperpfennig from the Margraviate of Brandenburg, minted in Sorau. In total there are coins of 18 different cities in the region of the former Margraviate (minted in the so-called Kipperzeit around 1621) and so far I got at least one coin from 4 of these cities. Due to the scarcity of these Kipperpfennig coins I guess completing all cities may be a lifetime project (if not impossible, because there is one type that has only one (!) known specimen which is in a museum here in Berlin).

Denomination: Dreier (3 Pfennige)
Date: 1622
Mint: Sorau
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Reference: KM#12(?), Bahrfeldt 200 (possibly another unedited variety)
Front: S between date, W, III below
Back: Ornate shield with arrow between two stars

I already posted this in GTG, so yes, I knew. Seller didn't...

My 1946 collection continues to grow. If not a fake this Saudi countermarked coin brings the count to 239. I am also attaching a link to a page which purports to identify fake countermarks.

The host coin is a 1/4 ghirsh of 1937 (1357) KM19. The link explains the purpose of the countermarks.

If someone can confirm if this is a legit coin or a counterfeit, I would be grateful to know.




Here's what the auction image looked like:




And the link to the fakes:

http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database...terMarks.htm

Very nice!

For my 'set' of NGC Liberty nickel sample slabs, where I've been supplementing dates that aren't found in the samples (1898 - 1912 are known) with an approximately G4 coin in an Everslab.