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Few Coins To ID | Assorted Early Polish

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 Posted 02/19/2009  5:33 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add DagonX to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi!
I have few coins and I have troubles with them. I tried to ID them and I have some suggestions and ideas about them but I want to compare them with yours...
Thanks for any help

Coin 1 - silver, diameter: 18mm
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Coin 2 - silver, diameter: 18mm
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Coin 3 - silver, diameter: 18mm
Few-Coins-To-ID-|-Assorted-Early-Polish

Coin 4 - silver, diameter: 18mm
Few-Coins-To-ID-|-Assorted-Early-Polish

Coin 5 - silver, diameter: 18mm
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Coin 6 - silver, diameter: 18mm
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Coin 7 - silver, diameter: 19mm
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Coin 8 - silver, diameter: 20mm
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Coin 9 - silver, diameter: 19mm
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Coin 10 - silver, diameter: 18mm
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I'm sure that all coins are original - the soils are only specific patina :)
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 Posted 02/19/2009  11:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add WpgLwr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From the looks of the eagle on them, I would think they may be Polish, but that's just a guess.
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 Posted 02/20/2009  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nr. 5 is a solidus from Elbing
Nr. 8 is a solidus from Danzig (civitas Gedanen = Danzig) in the name of Sigismund I
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 Posted 02/20/2009  1:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add manila galleon trade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These coin are not my cup of tea, and no idea about them but sure they are very nice coins
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 Posted 02/20/2009  1:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nr.7 is also a solidus from Danzig, possibly in the name of Casimir IV
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 Posted 02/20/2009  2:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I believe #'s 1 & 3 are of Sigismund I (1506-1548) and 2 & 4 are of Sigismund Augustus (1548-1572).
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 Posted 02/20/2009  5:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DagonX to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
#1, #2, #4 and #9 - there are, probably, coins (half of grossus?) minted in Hungary during reign of Louis II Jagiellon (I can see LVDOVICVS R UN ET BO on the reverse).
#8 - definitely Gedanen (or Danzig) coin
#7 - I've thought that it might be Casimir IV solidus from Gedanen
#5 - definitely Elbing coin

For now, my guesses are right, thanks!
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 Posted 02/20/2009  10:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DCH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1,2,4,9 Schweidnitz mint.
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 Posted 02/21/2009  12:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To sum up, and add my own observations:

#1 is dated 1526, I think; Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia was the only coin-issuing "LVDOVICVS" I could find, and looks like DCH is spot on with the mint; here's an example of this exact type (half-groschen) and date. Schweidnitz (now #346;widnica) is currently in Poland, near the Czech border; the Duchy of Schweidnitz was Bohemian, which became part of the Hapsburg empire in the year this coin was minted.

#2: just like #1, but dated 1524.

#3: Poland, Sigismund I, dated 1509.

#4: just like #1 and #2, same date as #2.

#5: Solidus of Elbing, SIgismund I, dated 1533 I believe.

#6: seems to have stumped everyone, including me. It's too worn for me to read whole words, but the style of lettering looks older than the other coins here - probably mid-1400's. And, from the design and the only legible word POLON, it's Polish.

#7: what bart said: solidus of Danzig.

#8: Danzig. Being larger, and not having the word "solidus" or "grossus", it's probably a schilling. Dated 1539.

#9: Same as #2 and #4.

#10: Another older Polish coin, not too dissimilar from #6.
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 Posted 02/21/2009  07:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DagonX to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks all of you I identified these coins just like you, and just like you I had problems with #6 and #10 (the rest was, in my opinion, quite simply to ID). Well, I have to search in some polish coins catalogue - maybe I'll find something there about these two coins
One more time, thanks a lot for your help!
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 Posted 02/21/2009  09:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DagonX to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've found #6 and #10

#6 - Casimir IV Jagiellon coin (king of Poland in 1447-1492), half-goschen (it's possible to read MONETA KAZIMIRI on the reverse)
#10 - John I Albert (king of Poland in 1492-1501), half-groschen (it's possible to read MONETA×I×ALBERTI on the reverse)
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