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« Reply #30 on: June 21, 2009, 09:25:17 PM » |
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PARDON THE CONFUSION--HERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SILVER CROWN--THANKS--THE TEMPLAR  |
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« Reply #31 on: June 22, 2009, 07:02:36 PM » |
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Certainly seen a fair bit of circulation that one, but still a very nice coin.
Thanks for sharing, Joe.
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« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2009, 04:49:26 PM » |
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« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2009, 03:30:19 PM » |
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Time I made a contribution to this thread. Here are some 1700's coins from my OFEC collection. Windward Islands, 12 sols 1731. The Windward Islands were the French possessions in the string of islands on the Eastern edge of the Caribbean. At the time this coin was issued, France owned everything between Guadeloupe and Grenada.  |
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« Reply #34 on: June 26, 2009, 04:01:51 PM » |
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Barony of Schonau 4 heller 1755. The Barony of Schonau was a tiny German state near Aachen, in what would be far western Germany today. Back in the days of the Holy Roman Empire, a nobleman or city had to be formally granted the right to issue coins by the Emperor, a right normally granted to those who had done some service to the empire. And people with such a lowly rank as Baron were rarely granted this privelege. In 1755, Baron Johann Gottfried got it into his head that he didn't need any silly old Emperor's permission to issue coins. All his neighbours were issuing coins, so he thought he'd join in the fun. His neighbours, however, were incensed at this tiny upstart state issuing coins of its own without the permission they'd all worked hard to obtain, so they got together to put a stop to it. Their solution: invade Schonau, dethrone the Baron, annex the Barony and shut down the mint. The copper 4 heller was the only coin ever issued by this ephemeral state.  |
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« Reply #35 on: June 26, 2009, 04:12:55 PM » |
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It might not be "Other World Coins" to some of you, but it is to me: the British colony of Virginia, ½ penny 1773 - the only Crown Coinage issued on behalf of any of the Colonies which would one day become the United States.  |
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« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2009, 04:50:51 PM » |
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Assam silver rupee, dated 1709 in the local calendar (= 1787 AD). Assamese coins are quite distinctive: almost all of them are octagonal.  |
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« Reply #37 on: June 26, 2009, 05:46:07 PM » |
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Sap, great looking coins.
Thanks for showing them and the history lesson.
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« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2009, 06:32:00 AM » |
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Yes. Thank you Sap!  |
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There's an awful lot of coins out there still.
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« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2009, 08:29:07 AM » |
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Awesome coins, as always! I'm green with envy. |
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« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2009, 01:04:37 PM » |
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Very nice Sap,your coins are always remarkable,the 4 heller must have been a nice find I don't think there would be that many around these days.
regards Harry
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« Reply #41 on: June 27, 2009, 08:53:30 PM » |
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« Reply #42 on: March 28, 2010, 03:46:06 AM » |
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Austria 1 Kreuzer 1774 S. KM# 2054 
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« Reply #43 on: March 28, 2010, 03:50:17 AM » |
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Reverse of coin above |
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« Reply #44 on: March 28, 2010, 03:51:55 AM » |
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Denmark 1 Skilling 1771 C# 47
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