Hi, I am romanian born. This type of forgery have a lot of historical significans for regional context. Moldova principality was at cross road between major empires în 17 century. They struggle to keep a some kind of independence.
Krauze Livonia KM # 2. “Varieties exist”. You would need dedicated book about those coins to list known varieties.
Region was at war or waiting for next war to start.
Period low denomination coinage tends to have multiple variants. Others already pointed at contemporary counterfeits and we are only ten years from money printers going all out.
Krauze Livonia KM # 2. “Varieties exist”. You would need dedicated book about those coins to list known varieties.
Region was at war or waiting for next war to start.
Period low denomination coinage tends to have multiple variants. Others already pointed at contemporary counterfeits and we are only ten years from money printers going all out.
Thanks I will keep thé coin as genuite coin . Anyhow this coin it is very common.
1. It is not common. We can go to eBay and acsearch and find about 100 examples of this coin. None of them have this spelling.
In fact, the spelling is surprisingly consistent, always CHRISTINA D G R S.
2. Is it authentic? I'm not sure. I first guessed that the mis-spelling combined with the unusual shape of the “4” in the date (which looks like a “+” and is also not common) meant this coin is possibly a counterfeit, but much of the rest of it looks pretty good.
1. It is not common. We can go to eBay and acsearch and find about 100 examples of this coin. None of them have this spelling.
In fact, the spelling is surprisingly consistent, always CHRISTINA D G R S.
2. Is it authentic? I'm not sure. I first guessed that the mis-spelling combined with the unusual shape of the “4” in the date (which looks like a “+” and is also not common) meant this coin is possibly a counterfeit, but much of the rest of it looks pretty good.
Thank you for your comment.
Misspelling of ruler name it is very rare for a Swedish or latin native speaker. I believe maybe they use for some reason a faulty die.
In 1647 the war was not over and the money was needed even with errors.
I notice the reverse it is not center as it should be.
