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Me too!

Wow, so you're wallpapering a room in the theme of banknotes eh? Nice actually, one fun thing you can do is give a friend a 10,000 (rouble?) note and watch their eyes...

hehe, I assume you meant the upgraded 1/48 thaler...

Wonderful stuff! And I love the history, without it they're just hunks of metal after all, even if beautiful in their own right.

Yeah, this is what it's an upgrade from: They're tiny things and this second one, worn nearly flat, is how most of them survived.

1806 Death of C. J. Fox, Great Britain BHM 604 d'Essling 2751 54mm - R in copper gilt

1812 1/48 Thaler, Saxony 17mm Link

1813 2 Kopeks, Russia 29mm Link Izhora mint.

1804 Retablissement du college britannique pour les catholiques romains, France Bramsen 376 d'Essling 1049 Milan 455 32mm Link

1813 Entry of the Prince of Orange in Amsterdam, Netherlands Bramsen 1286 d'Essling 1424 32mm A scarce jeton by Stettner. This commemorates the Prince of Orange's entry into Amsterdam after his family had been in self-imposed exile for 18 years.

1813 Entry of the Prince of Orange in Amsterdam, Netherlands Bramsen 1286 d'Essling 1424 32mm Link

1801-10 The Sovereigns of Europe, Great Britain BHM 704 #5 22mm Part of a box set produced at some point in the decade 1801-1810. Oddly enough no amount of research or references can narrow its production date more than that.

1809 5 Soldi, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy 15mm Link

1792 6 Pfennig, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 16mm Link

1813 Bataille de Pampelune, Great Britain Bramsen 1275 26mm Link These little medals were released over a period of three years and added victories with each release. They doubled as 1/2 penny tokens and were used as money by British troops in both Spain and Canada. Because of this latter use they are often listed as Canadian tokens but in fact were primarily a Spanish campaign issue.

Hehe. I'm old and I've collected a long time...

1813 The Surrender of Pamplona, Great Britain Bramsen 2254 BHM 765 d'Essling 1423 Eimer 30a Mudie XXV 41mm Link BHM says: "The town of Pamplona, the capital of Navarre, was captured on the 31st October 1813; it was the concluding event in the war in the west of Spain." Struck in 1820 as part of Mudie's commemorative set this has some interesting issues on the reverse. I'm not certain whether the letter W had become part of the English language yet; I know it was one of the last letters added. In any case the capital W in TOWN on the reverse is made up of VV (two V's). Close examination of the W in WELLINGTON looks like it may be the same though merged more completely. The reverse is also doubled slightly.

1813 Loge des H.H.H. du Hâvre, France Bramsen 1323 Marvin CXXII d'Essling 1914 29mm Link This medal has a spiderweb of die breaks in the northwest quarter of the reverse. 1813 Loge des H.H.H. du Hâvre, France Bramsen 1325 Marvin CXXIII d'Essling 1915 29mm Link Both these medals once belonged to Prince Victor Napoleon.

nice, nice, nice!

1813 Arquebuse de Château-Thierry, France Bramsen 1316 var d'Essling 1848 26mm Link After the Russian debacle Napoleon scrambled to rebuild his army. In addition to the usual ploys of calling up younger and younger drafts he turned National Guard units into regular army. These National Guard units had their duties assumed by locally raised militias such as this one.

1813 Bataille de Leipzick, Austria Bramsen 1259 d'Essling 1412 34mm Link 34mm Link These are silvered brass examples. This combination is one of the most common of Austrian medals in the entire Napoleonic era. 34mm Link And extremely rare in silver.

1813 The Battle of Vitoria, Great Britain BHM 757 15mm Link 1813 Battle of the Pyrenees, Great Britain BHM 759 15mm Link 1813 The Battle of San Sebastian, Great Britain BHM 762 15mm Link 1813 The Surrender of Pamplona, Great Britain Bramsen 1274 BHM 766 15mm Link 1813 The Battle of the Nive, Great Britain. BHM 767 15mm Link Portions of a set produced in 1815. As you can see at least three different obverse dies were in use, though the San Sebastian may actually be a cheap contemporary ripoff.

1813 Bataille de Leipzick, Prussia Bramsen 1258 d'Essling 1428 ptl 15mm Link 1813 Bataille de Culm, Prussia Bramsen 1242 d'Essling 1428 ptl 15mm Link These German language medallets are much less common than their British counterparts.

Cool, I'm finally on the list! I'll start plannig an itinerary...

1805 3 Groschen, Prussia. 18mm Link 1796 1 Solidus, Prussian Poland 20mm Link 1794 1 Pfenning, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. 20mm Link