Wonder if we'll see any Maria Theresa thalers today?
1780 Dutch Republic (Zeeland) 1 Ducat https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces54257.html
The Dutch Republic wasn't involved in the War of American Independence, but it was a co-belligerent with France, Spain and the United States against Britain; in 1780 it began the fourth Anglo-Dutch war, hoping to profit off Britain being engaged against the French and Spanish around the world.
1774 A France 1/10 Écu - Louis XV https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces121270.html
This coin was minted in the same year Louis XV died of smallpox, and this last bust of his is known as "Vieille Tête" (old head).
Cita: "CassTaylor"
1771 EM Russian Empire 5 Kopecks - Catherine II
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8257.html
Russia's response to the cartwheels we had earlier in this thread!
Anyone have any opinions on this one's grade, by the way?
They were huge and even as late as 1910, they were issuing the 5 Kopeck as a silver coin too. In the 1700s stocks of copper were genrous and I even think they had 10 and 20 Kopek coins at some stage in Copper.
Sweden between about 1650 and 1720 was the worst with coins up to 10 Dalers (Like huge silver coins worth) were copper and some of these copper plates weighed like 20 kg. They came from a place called "Stora Kopparborg" - I s##t you not.
Condition - It's off strike (Quite normal for 18th century Russian coins) but a nice coin I would good Very Fine, as its a weak and off centre strike - yet the detail on the eagle is clear and sharp and this coin has had not much wear at all. It's a nice piece!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Interesting these regional coins. Much better strike, I would say its still good Fine to aVF. I got confused with the E, as it was Catherine II (The great) but then realised in Russian its - Ekaterina.
Nice coin, assuming Siberia was Ekaterineberg eastwards and included the cities of Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Tomsk, Omsk and Novosibirsk, all in existence by the mid 1600's. But not Vladivostok or Kharbarovsk which were established in the 1860's.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Moneytane"Sweden between about 1650 and 1720 was the worst with coins up to 10 Dalers (Like huge silver coins worth) were copper and some of these copper plates weighed like 20 kg. They came from a place called "Stora Kopparborg" - I s##t you not.
They made plates from 1643 through 1768 (they did get smaller over the years, and those huge 10 dalers were only in the first years). I read that most of the copper was mined in Falun, never heard that other name before I guess I need to read some more
It was one of the low value token coins, the British periodically minted for Irish use.
It looks nasty, but I have noticed now in 1760s the numbers of coins being shown is drying up and this is my oldest for now.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Moneytane" I have noticed now in 1760s the numbers of coins being shown is drying up and this is my oldest for now.
Once I start the new thread for 1750, I'm going to add two new rules which haven't been necessary till this age
--- if a year isn't covered then we wait in 24 hours increments until we get a coin
--- Tokens don't count as "covering" the year, but still feel free to post them
Please discuss over the next 2 weeks here if you have an issue with adding these rules. I want this to be a thread everyone is happy with
Cita: "Moneytane" I have noticed now in 1760s the numbers of coins being shown is drying up and this is my oldest for now.
Once I start the new thread for 1750, I'm going to add two new rules which haven't been necessary till this age
--- if a year isn't covered then we wait in 24 hours increments until we get a coin
--- Tokens don't count as "covering" the year, but still feel free to post them
Please discuss over the next 2 weeks here if you have an issue with adding these rules. I want this to be a thread everyone is happy with
We shouldn't have any problems skipping years until at least 1497.
One possible rules addition would be to allow undated coins to appear after we get to 1500 -- they would be posted for some year within their date range. If not, we'll probably have some pretty long dry spells. For example, I have only 1492, 1491, 1487, 1478, 1426, 733, 324, 240, 214, 148, 80, -62, -136, and -151.
And it won't affect me unless I buy some older coins, that worn copper disc was my oldest for the time being.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Moneytane" I have noticed now in 1760s the numbers of coins being shown is drying up and this is my oldest for now.
Once I start the new thread for 1750, I'm going to add two new rules which haven't been necessary till this age
--- if a year isn't covered then we wait in 24 hours increments until we get a coin
--- Tokens don't count as "covering" the year, but still feel free to post them
Please discuss over the next 2 weeks here if you have an issue with adding these rules. I want this to be a thread everyone is happy with
No objection to the first rule from me!
But about the second, if tokens/exonumia are allowed to be posted here, then why shouldn't they "count" for the year as well? Especially for some older years we might have to rely on tokens to get us through a tough spot....
Also @phfoticus should work towards getting a 1496 coin.
I can post stuff till the end of the 17th century (with many gaps like always), but I hope you can forgive me that some of them will have holes or other jewelry damage on them
Cita: "alfonz"I can post stuff till the end of the 17th century (with many gaps like always), but I hope you can forgive me that some of them will have holes or other jewelry damage on them
Brandenburg Bayreuth - 10 Kreuzer 1763 - Margrave Friedrich Christian
(The coin is not yet on numista but I dont think I should add it using pictures of mine because of the hole)
We are coming back into a fertile spot for the British. Glad to see guineas and 3d's but none of the famous 1763 Northumberland shillings (An important coin and last shilling before 1787).
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society