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 United States
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Such a super coin. City view in miniature  And more interesting history, @erafjel. Edited by tdziemia
09/20/2020 08:39 am
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Sweden
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Love that miniature view of Frankfurt am Main! Quote:
I wonder what the King would have made of his Danish brother across the water whose experiment with Liberalism had failed and seen the embarassing exit of his wife and the German interloper Struensee Being married to the Danish King's sister, Gustav III probably discussed Struensee and his actions quite extensively. The Swedish King was however no liberal. In 1772 (not long after Struensee's execution the same year, although that is unrelated) he abolished the (somewhat limited) freedom of the press which had prevailed in Sweden since 1766, deprived the Parliament and government of all real power, declaring himself as absolute monarch. This coup d'etat ended what in Swedish history is known as the Age of Liberty, which had lasted since 1719. |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1776 -- Electorate of Bavaria, 20 kreuzer:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
1776 -- Kingdom of Great Britain, 1 guinea:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7998 Posts |
Another Poland 1 grosz coin, 1776. In this year the young Polish engineer Tadeusz Kosciuszko arrived in Philadelphia to first help with fortifying the city, then served in the Hudson Valley and upstate New York, finally going back to Poland after our new nation's fate was well established, in 1784.   And now, a small rant on Krause / NGC. For Poland the 1 grosz denomination shows up in the NGC database as: Poland / All Regions / groschen Poland / All Regions / grossus Poland / All Regions /grosz as well as in some subregions (East Prussia, Elbing, Galicia, Posen) Despite the term "grossus" reverse, this one is listed under grosz  I realize they have just imported stuff from predecessor references, but the lack of consistency of any kind (as far as I can tell) is pretty annoying. |
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Looking good! |
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United States
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A few to choose from today for me. Here is a Duit from Gelderland (Netherlands East Indies) dated 1776 AD.   "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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1776 date is about the only somewhat clear thing left on this 1776-Mo 2 Reales.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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United Kingdom
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Great Britain 1775 farthing:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7998 Posts |
Nice variety of world coins the last two days! (I counted 10 different nation-states). Poland again for me (as it will be for the next 3+ weeks), this 1775 2 grosze silver (= 1/2 zloty or polzlotek; 160 to a Cologne mark):   Edited by tdziemia
09/22/2020 08:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1775 -- Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1/2 real:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6740 Posts |
1775 Russia 5 Kopeks   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
1775 is the single most common date for imitative (contemporary counterfeit) British halfpence, of which I have quite a lot. Here are two examples -- the first is double struck and the second is very underweight.    Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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United States
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Here we have a 1775 1/12 Thaler from Brunswick-Lüneburg. The obverse is unfortunately damaged. 1/12 Thaler, or 160 to make 1 Mark Conventionsmünze.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
09/22/2020 9:36 pm
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