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Impressive coins from everyone!  My 16th century is rather sparse. Here is my single entry for this decade. France 1553, teston, Henry II, Paris (A).  Another 30 years until my next contribution ...  But, I have this book to read in the meantime, an acquisition inspired by the historic accounts provided by 1c5d7n5m!  |
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Oops looks like I missed posting here yesterday. For today, I've got this Hungarian Denar:   "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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@tdz Very nice Philip and Mary shilling! Thanks t360. Actually a small cheat for this thread, as I bought it as a gift for my wife a while back. She is a student of English history and has a small Tudor / Stuart OFER (One From Each Reign) collection. Indeed, the coin has some weaknesses, but the portraits are of similar quality, and my recollection was that better quality examples get a lot more expensive. Quote:
For context: a US nickel is 21 mm and 5 grams, and a Lithuanian half-groat is 20 mm and 1.2 grams.
This is a serious chonk of a coin.  Thank goodness for the rounded edges, or that chunk would wear a hole through a pocket pretty quickly I imagine (wait, did their clothes have pockets?) The 1553 half groat is one of the tougher dates in the series:   Edited by tdziemia
12/17/2023 07:27 am
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I have this book to read in the meantime great stuff for the end of the year, reading besides a woodstove while the snow falls outside; I wish you great moments for me the same, my collection is the opposite of OFEY, before 1555 I have very little to contribute below the jeton not dated but which we together annotated as Dugniolle 1948a (now online - this piece) from 1553 the annotation (in another thread of CCF) http://goccf.com/t/319826 was a great experience  1553 Dugn.1948a RR Satirical jeton 'Battle between Calvin & Servet OBV unknown coat or arms with hammer and pincers VERBVM DO MONET IN E REV owl with glasses and candle W H M LI O P W I NI S WIL |
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For today I have this Sechsling dated 1552. It was minted at Gadebusch for the German Duchy of Mecklenburg:   Pretty sure that we have had fun commenting about the bull's portrait in prior threads. "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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1551 Lithuanian half groat:   |
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Nice one @tdz. Here is my Swiss Sol from Geneva dated 1551 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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Still lurking in the background loving the contributions. Quote:
For context: a US nickel is 21 mm and 5 grams, and a Lithuanian half-groat is 20 mm and 1.2 grams.
This is a serious chonk of a coin. That is one seriously thick coin, J1M ! I'm just starting a group of the Sultans of Delhi, I hope they're not all that size,or I'll need to reconsider my display type! The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Here is a Mariengroschen from the German Free City of Brunswick dated 1550 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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I am still in Lithuania for a few more days with a 1549 half groat. (we will soon get a three week break from 1545 to the early 1520s).   |
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1548 Lithuanian half groat.   |
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Wha' happen'd? Must be some kind of holiday time warp ...  Here is a 1547 groat of Sigismund II struck for Poland, with a much younger portrait than my last portrait coin of him from 1566. He was the son of Sigismund I (Jagiello) of Poland-Lithuania, and Bona Sforza, of the poweful ruling family of Milan. They bore no heirs, but just think of the potential consequences if they had: a Baltic-Medterranean axis that could have been quite a force in the late medieval world.   Edited by tdziemia
12/23/2023 8:26 pm
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Yes thx for keeping us moving @tdz! I missed out on posting a couple Hungarian Denars. For today, here is my Groschen from Prussia dated 1547 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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That was a pair of very photogenic rulers! My last half groat for a while, but an interesting one for 1546. From 1547 there is a re-design, and we get the stylized / malnourished eagle used for the next 20 years, along with the well-proportioned knight on his warhorse. This one is a transitional type with a fluffier eagle, and a knight that looks more like a boy on a pony. Still the sellers photos (© Warszawskie Centrum Numismatyczne)  Edited by tdziemia
12/24/2023 09:57 am
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