Art Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 ^ Nice token. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 1796 8 Tornesi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 31.5mm Link Krause calls this country Naples & Sicily but the contemporary name was the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Bourbon rulers of this country were perhaps the ugliest pair of all time; which is saying something for the 18th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Elverno, I am pretty suprised with the Italian coin. The reverse looks somewhat similar the 1796 Cipher kopeks! Something I should post in the Russian coin forum (will be borrowing your image Elverno ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 1803 Electoral Freedom, Great Britain BHM 552 37mm Link Rigging elections was fairly common in Great Britain during the French Revolution and First Empire period. One method was known as 'rotten' boroughs, elections for a member of Parliament where only one or a handful of voters made the decision. In the case of this medal Birch and a man named Warren were elected in what passed for a fair election. However they were opposed to the government then in power so it was decided that there had been irregularities and that a re-election was needed. Not surprisingly when the election took place Birch was out and the government man named Coke was in. Each side produced medals in the period between elections with this one being the more common of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 1802 Manchester & Salford Volunteers, Great Britain 36mm Link A beautiful medal issued locally for officers and possibly rich volunteers serving in the ranks of a militia raised to resist the French if they invaded. Fortunately for these groups they never had to face the French Army, particularly the one trained to take them on. That army ultimately crushed the Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz. Ok, it wasn't cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Great medals.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 1814 Congress of Vienna, German States Bramsen 1527 33mm Link Silvered brass. Quite rare. An interesting Lauer jeton that features eight (!) busts on the obverse. The reverse talks about the Establishment of General Peace and shows a woman kneeling before Justice with a genie (a symbol of Victory usually) flying nearby. The background of the reverse is a multitude of churches. The Congress of Vienna was the political peace process following Napoleon's abdication in 1814 and later in 1815 as well. Nearly everyone who was anyone was there and the place was jumping with balls and other forms of entertainment. The real negotiations took place in back rooms with very few people involved. Ironically France was a major player because the Allies had made a point of saying they were fighting Napoleon not France. The French negotiator Talleyrand called that bluff at the Congress when they tried to exclude France from the table. Many of the little German states were finally eliminated at the Congress, merged into fewer, more viable states. In this the Allies were simply carrying on with Napoleon's plan. His relatively neat mind rebelled against the 300+ German states he encountered when first coming to power and by the end there were well under 50. It also wasn't a "done deal" that Napoleon was out as this contemporary print clearly shows. Talleyrand is under the table hiding from his former master and the rest are carving up Europe as fast as they can go! The comment by Talleyrand is a joke about his deformed foot, the result of an accident as an infant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Interesting design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 1809 Cercle littéraire à Lyon, France. Bramsen 914 d'Essling 1953 31mm Link I think this is just a beautiful design. I got lucky, it's original and cost only $23 including shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 That's a great buy. Too bad UnK isn't posting much these days, he'd love the lion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 1809 King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign, Great Britain. BHM 644 37mm Link Ex-jewelry, fairly rare in silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 King George III = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 1789 1 Heller, Further Austria 16.5mm Link This is pretty obviously from the Gunzburg mint in Burgau but I was unable to find the Krause listing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I don't know if the 1 Heller is as attractive in hand, but your lighting shows it off as a beautiful coin. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted April 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I don't know if the 1 Heller is as attractive in hand, but your lighting shows it off as a beautiful coin. Very nice. Thanks. Actually I didn't think it did the coin justice. But I like the one light setting I've been using for several months now as the color is pretty accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 ½ Skilling token, Sweden 28mm Link This appears to be a copper mining company's private token and was noted as such by the seller. If anyone has more information or an accurate translation of the legend I'd appreciate hearing from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Have to agree that Heller is lovely also like the GII 50th nice looking medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 1796 1 Heller, Augsburg 16mm Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 1803 3 Stuber, Julich-Berg 21.5mm Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 c. 1814 New Honors, Prussia 24mm Link While the date is approximate the reverse was used in several First Restoration jetons. The obverse (and even that's a bit of a guess) shows some distinct doubling on the 'MUTH'. The other jetons using the reverse were produced by the Lauer workshop however this example spells IETTON on the reverse exergue differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 1797 ½ Kreuzer (Vierer), Canton of Solothurn Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 DBL post, whoops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 That's a nice little coin, wish places around here carried your sort of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 1797 ½ Penny Token, Great Britain. D & H 2b - Fifeshire; Burntisland. Link Pretty heavily cleaned but a decent example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I like that one, cleaned or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.