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Lovely coin!  Here is a 1726 60 denier coin of the Duchy of Lorraine. Duke Leopold benefitted from having the same first initial as Louis XV of erafjel's coin, and struck a few types like this one that could easily be mistaken for a French royal issue.   |
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Nice 60 deniers!  Both that one and the French "original" are on my wish list.  |
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 I've got a few gaps over the next 15 years, including 1725, so hopefully one of the other regulars will step in. |
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Looking for 1725. Anyone |
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Looks like @paralyse has one (he's been running a day or two late recently), and I bet @spence does, too.
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Quote:Looking for 1725. Anyone Sorry, I can't help here!  |
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1725 Hamburg 4 Schilling   |
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Outstanding!  |
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1724 British halfpenny:  |
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1725 Hamburg 4 Schilling Thanks for getting us going again! Duchy of Lorraine 1724 1/2 Silver Leopold (1/2 ecu)   |
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1724 City of Basel 1/2 batzen  |
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Duchy of Lorraine, 1723 Teston, KM#99, shield with Lorraine-Bar arms reverse. Lorraine was a border state between France and the Holy Roman Empire. While today it is a region well within French boundaries, it was historically a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire (from the late 10th century when it was formed, as "Upper Lorraine" until around 1700). After successive French occupations in the mid and late 17th century, Leopold aligned himself more closely with the French crown, including his coinage. Erafjel has documented elsewhere the continuous re-coinages of royal France in the early 1700s, and Leopold followed along with his coinage. To collectors, it's most evident in his testons: from 1700 to 1723 the KM catalog lists ten types, this one being the last. There are slight changes in the bust over this time period, but the more evident changes are permutations on the coat of arms reverse. I've been slowly pursuing a goal to add as many of these types as I can to my Lorraine collection (I nabbed a new one recently), but the earliest types are rare, because they tended to be struck over to form the later types.   |
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Lovely coins from everyone and everywhere - the Lorraine coins are particularly beautiful! The French king, Louis XV, was only 13 in 1723. There is a definite likeness between his coins and those of Leopold of Lorraine. France 1723, Louis XV, louis d'or "Mirliton", Orleans (R).  |
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Nice work everyone! Keep going! My time passed long ago, these coins are getting TOO old  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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