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Ag 1/24T 1842 S S HANNOVER KM 178.2 |
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NGC XF 40 |
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A mid-grade coin from Hannover. Minted in 1842 under Carl Schulter. Hannover eventually became absorbed by Prussia. The photo is a little washed out. The coin is darker and has more detail than the photo shows. I need to take new photos.
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GERMANY - STATES - 2 |
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1/4K 1822 NASSAU |
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NGC MS 64 Brown |
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GERMANY - STATES - 2 |
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1NG 1865 B SAXONY |
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Minted under the Reign of King John of Saxony. Saxony, like Bavaria, sided with Austria in the war with Prussia. After Prussia's victory Saxony becomes part of the Prussian Empire and a unified Germany begins to take shape. All of this happens under the reign of King John.
This coin is a good example of many German States Coins. It has a very interesting coat of arms on one side and a rather mundane obverse with little decoration at all.
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GERMANY - STATES - 2 |
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3K 1847 BAVARIA |
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NGC MS 64 |
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3 Kreuzer minted in Bavaria under the rule of Ludwig I. The coin is rather plain with the coat of arms being the most interesting aspect of the coin.
Ludwig was a strong monarch with a love of women and the arts. One most notable creation of Ludwig I is the temple of Walhalla where Great people of Germanic culture are enshrined. While he was certainly an eccentric, he would be foreshadowed by his Grandson, Ludwig II. Ludwig adbicated rather than submit to a constitutional monarchy that would limit his powers.
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GERMANY - STATES - 2 |
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1K 1871 BAVARIA |
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NGC MS 65 |
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1 Kreuzer minted in 1871, the year of German Unification. The Bavarian State was under the rule of Ludwig II (Grandson of Ludwig I) who ruled between 1864 and 1886. Ludwig II lived in a fantasy land and was a major patron of Wagner. He is most famous for his castle Neuschwanstein which has probably done as much for Bavarian tourism as Oktoberfest. Unfortunately Ludwig II's life and reign was cut short. His body was found in a lake along with his doctor. Whether it was suicide or murder is still contested.
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GROTEN 1840 BREMEN |
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NGC MS 65 |
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Beautiful Coat of Arms with the Crown on the obverse. Surrounded by Freie Hansestadt Bremen. This is a tiny coin weighing in at less than one gram.
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