roaddevil Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 yea nice coin an looks like a overstrike near the date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 1805 1/12 Skilling, Sweden 20mm Link Harshly cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 More great old stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 1796 40 Reis, Brazil 41mm Link The undated counterstamp on the obverse is from the 1809 revaluation of Portuguese money, particularly Brazilian. In this case the coin was changed from 40 to 80 reis. Notice the old collector's ink inventory number on the obverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Nice counterstamp on that one, the only damage I prefer, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 1802 1 Pfenning, Lippe-Detmold 20mm Link An upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Nice flower design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 1797 Frederick William III ascends the throne of Prussia 41mm Link One of Loos' masterpieces in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 I love that medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 very nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graikos Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Beautiful medal. The sentence on the reverse is a bit weird syntactically. He says "Nur Euch zu schützen will ich mit diesem mich rüsten". "Only you to protect i want with this arm me". would be the word for word translation. Does he mean the "Reich" with "with this"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Frankly the German made limited sense to me. AltaVista translates it as "ONLY I WANT YOU TO CONTACTORS WITH THIS ME PREPARATION". Given the symbols I took it to mean that the new king was asking all the people of Prussia to assist him in his new efforts. That was totally a guess of course since that translation is somewhat nonsensical in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graikos Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 The online translations rock! Well, I think he means, that by arming himself with the Reich he only wants to protect the people. The lower portion of the coin reads: Das Reich erhalten den 16 November 1797. That means: The Reich (Empire) received on the 16th November 1797. I guess there is a single context behind those two lines. The syntax is horrible tho. It could of course also mean all the things the person on the coin has around him. The glorious history of the holy roman empire (Roman helmet) and the past before that (Greek helmet, the rod of Asklepios, a Greek shield, a Lyre... The rest I cannot recognize). Maybe they had managed to create a connection between their family (or the Reich) and ancient Rome (through the Holy Roman Empire)/ Greece (Don't know how... Maybe over Aeneas, who fled to Rome. I think this connection had been used by the French at some point.) . I don't really know my way around Preussen and how they used history and mythology at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Some nice insights though. The date is when his father died and Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III) became king. I've always loved Loos' work and try to pick up everything by him I can. Unfortunately I don't have a specific reference, besides Forrer, for his body of work. In fact Forrer actually refers to this medal as The Death of Frederick William II, though I think it perhaps has more to do with the son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graikos Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Well, I just wrote whatever came to my mind. Wish I knew more (i. e. anything) about it. Keep the nice ones coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Elverno, where'd you go? I miss seeing your medals and jetons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Hehe. Lost track of my own thread... 1793 4 Denari, Genoan Republic. 17.5mm - Details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 17.5 mm is so tiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 17.5 mm is so tiny! I particularly like tiny coins and medals. 1863 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig, German States 27mm - Details Made from cannonballs picked up on the battlefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I particularly like tiny coins and medals. 1863 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig, German States 27mm - Details Made from cannonballs picked up on the battlefield. That's pretty cool! And welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 That's pretty cool!And welcome back. Thanks! 1810 Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, France 15mm - Details Quite common as silver Napoleonic medals go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 1807 3 Kreuzer, Bavaria. 18mm - Details Not a great example but you don't see these show up that often in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 1807 3 Kreuzer, Bavaria. 18mm - Details Not a great example but you don't see these show up that often in the States. From the old days when Bavaria was spelled with i, Baiern - now Bayern. Small real currency of those days is always worn. Except those few forgotten or lost pieces from the upper class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 1791 Louis XVI, France Hennin 245 - 24mm - Details I bought this thinking it might have been a die variant but once I had it in hand it was clearly a worn version of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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