How Far Back Can We Go? Seventh Edition! Ended At 1380 Waiting On 1379

Those Sigismunds are so nice!

About Klippe/Klipping coins:


Probably not. I have seen antique coins that seem to have been made by clipping, but they were probably called something else. The term seems to come into use around 1518, when Christian II, then king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, began minting large amounts of emergency coins in the form of Klippes. The Swedes, at least, called these Klipping, whether the Danes did so too I don't know. Anyhow, the Swedish rebel leader Gustav Vasa (who became king of Sweden in 1523) began minting his own Klipping coins shortly thereafter.

Now back to the round coins!

France 1621, double tournois, Louis XIII, Paris (A).

This schilling/solidus was minted at Riga and is dated (16)20 AD:




Not bad for a purchase price of $0.57!

Looking good, everyone!

1619

ducaton (Delm.248) and half ducaton (Delm.252) from the Southern Netherlands
the design is among the best of the large silver pieces from the low countries
OBV shows the Archdukes Albert and Isabelle, REV the Habsburg coat of arms held by lions
Antwerp mint (hand)

the coins symbolize a relatively calm and prosperous period during the last years of the 12 year from the 12-year truce with the Northern Netherlands

I love those Albert & Isabella coins. It looks like one collar around the couple.

For 1619 I've got a nicer Polish trojak (3 groschen) than my last one:

also a very nice piece, Tdziemia !

1618 was the first year that ducatons were produced in the Southern Netherlands (province of Brabant, Antwerp and Brussels mints)
with 32,5 grammes and silver grade of 944/1000 it was the heaviest silver piece ever produced as money in the Low Countries; its value was 63 stuivers (3,15 guilders)

a few decades later, the Northern Nederlands would start to produce their own ducatons (also called silver riders, because of the knight on horseback; we have seen examples the past months in this thread)

unlike the Dutch silver rider (used in the VOC trade) the Brabant ducaton did not make it as an international trade coin, the lighter Patagon (24,65 g pure zilver, it had a value of 48 stuivers or 2,4 guilders) was much more succesful especially in trade in the Baltic sea

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Major Polish auction houses will have patagons and fractions in their larger auctions. I have bought a few from those sources.

So, while we are on the Baltic for 1618 I also have another 1/4 thaler of Sigismund, but an earlier bust where he wears a flat collar. The coin unfortunately was polished, but otherwise attractive:

@Keith12, nice piece, the lion's head is very sharp
The leeuwendaalder (lion dollar) is one of my favorites with a fascinating history. They were the first international Trade dollar, large silver piece. I'll show examples of the earliest dates (1575/1576) when they were produced to raise an income to support the Dutch revolt against Spain.

@Tdziemia indeed, I also purchased a 1/4 patagon piece in a Polish auction
this piece from 1617 is from the 's Hertogenbosch mint (Delm.270, mintmark tree - at 12h in legend of REV)
when compared to Antwerp, Brussels and Maastricht, the 's Hertogenbosch mint had a low level of production and restricted during the reign of Albert & Isabella, so these coins are difficult to find