Need Information On A Coin Please (Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

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osyduck New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 10:05 am hi there everyone I am new here but would just like to know some information about a coin I have. I can't take a picture of it because I do not have a good camera. instead I will describe it. this coin is sliver with a crown sign also the date on the coin is 1756. In addition it has some handwriting on it which can not read but the hand writing on it is clear but I just can not read it as is to curvy on the back it has got a number which is 24 also it has got a name on which says EIEN THALER MSLM and at the bottom of that coin it has three little letter which says HCB. Edited by osyduck 02/04/2009 10:07 am Report this Post to the Staff

DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 10:12 am Would it be a silver 1/24 thaler of one of the German States? Report this Post to the Staff
osyduck New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 10:21 am what do mean by 1/24 Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 10:37 am One twenty-fourth of a thaler. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 11:01 am Found it. German state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1/24 thaler 1756, listed in the Krause world coin catalogue as KM# A64. Struck in the Neustrelitz mint, where a gentleman by the name of Heinrich Christoph Baumgarten was mint official - HCB are his initials. "MSLM" is abbreviation for "Mecklenburg-Strelitz Landmunze" (Landmunze is German for "state coin"). Here's one from 1760 on CoinArchives. The curly letters below the crown are "AF", the monogram of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at the time, Adolf Friedrich IV. 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
osyduck New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 12:19 pm Thank you very much everyone. my coin is worth around £29 Edited by osyduck 02/04/2009 12:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 5:10 pm Whups, that wasn't the link I meant to post. This one is the 1760 1/24th; the coin in my previous link is a 1/6th thaler from the same date and country as your 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
osyduck New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 02/05/2009 12:02 pm My coin is worth £45 woo hoo thank you sap and everyone else Edited by osyduck 02/05/2009 12:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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