"crusader Coin" Identification Request

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Johnathan55 Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 11/07/2018 11:00 pm Purchased this tiny coin at a local coin shop, it had no flip. They just said it was a "Crusader coin." I was hoping someone might be able to narrow it down. Taking images of this coin was a challenge. (I have enough trouble with regular sized coins!) On one side there appears to be a shield with two eagles, top left and bottom right on the shield. I took two pictures with different lighting to try and highlight them. Thanks! * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 11/08/2018 01:12 am Alas, it's not "crusader", unless one takes an extremely generous definition of that word. Your coin is a silver obol, or half-denar, of the Kingdom of Hungary; I believe this "four-crowns-in-a-crooss" design is unique to King Sigismund I, who reigned in Hungary 1387-1437 - which is nearly a century after "The Crusades" ended in the Middle East in 1291. He was, however, king of Bohemia during the beginning of the Hussite Uprising there, against which a grand total of four "Crusades" were declared, the first in 1420 - so only in that sense is this a "Crusader coin". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7944 Posts	Posted 11/08/2018 5:44 pm Nice coin! I think another "stretch" application of crusader had to do with campaigns waged by Christian Eastern European principalities (Hungary, Poland) against the Ottoman Turks, and the last of these I think was Varna in the 1440s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna But I agree most medieval collectors would call this Hungarian, not crusader. Edited by tdziemia 11/08/2018 5:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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"Crusader Coin" Identification Request