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ANGOLA
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Copper MACUTA 1785 20
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NGC XF 45 BN
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Portuguese Colony. Maria I & Pedro III Macuta 1785 XF45 Brown NGC. The patina is dark chocolate brown with a tiny bit of gloss on the surfaces with no major dings on the surfaces.
Obverse: Crowned arms
Reverse: Denomination within a laurel wreath
Composition: Copper
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AUSTRIA - STATES
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Silver 1/2T 1668 SALZBURG "MAXIMIL" 189
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NGC XF 45
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Obverse: Arms
Obverse Lettering: MAXIMIL GANDOLPH 9 D G ARCHIEPS SALISBVRG SED AP LEG
Reverse: 2 Saints facing each other.
Reverse Lettering: SS RVDBERTVS ET VIRGILIVS PATRONI SALISBVRGENSES
Ruler: Maximilian Gandolph
Composition: Silver
Weight: 14.4 g
Diameter: 36 mm
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AZORES
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Copper 20R 1795 Azores 3
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NGC AU 58 BN
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This is as well struck a coin as you will find for this variety. The very obvious 10 Reis host coin really adds to the cool points.
Obverse: Crowned arms within cartouche
Obverse Legend: MARIA.II.DEI.GRATIA
Reverse: Value and date within wreath
Reverse Legend: PORTVGALIE.ET.ALGARBIORUM.REGINA
Note: Overstruck on Portuguese 10 Reis, KM#306
Composition: Copper
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AZORES
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5R 1795 Azores 9
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NGC F 15 BN
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Obverse: Arms
Obverse Legend: MARIA I....
Reverse: Value in wreath, legend
Maria I (English: Mary I) (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was Queen of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. Known as Maria the Pious (in Portugal), or Maria the Mad (in Brazil), she was the first undisputed Queen regnant of Portugal. With Napoleon's European conquests, her court, then under the direction of Prince Dom João, the Prince Regent, moved to the then Portuguese colony of Brazil. Later on, Brazil would be elevated from the rank of a colony to that of a Kingdom, with the consequential formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
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BARBADOS
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Copper PENNY 1792M COPPER BARBADOS.PENNY Tn-10
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NGC XF 40 BN
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Obverse: Neptune in chariot
Obverse Legend: BARBADOES • PENNY
Reverse: Crowned head left
Reverse Legend: I • SERVE
Composition: Copper
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BRAZIL COLONIAL/IMPERIAL
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Gold 1000R 1771(L) LARGE SIZE 162.1
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NGC AU 55
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Obverse: Crowned arms divide florals at right from value at left
Obverse Legend: IOSEPUS • I • D • G • PORT • REX •
Reverse: Cross within ornamented outline, lined circle surrounds all
Reverse Legend: ET • BRASILIÆ • DOMINUS • ANNO •
Ruler: Jose I
Composition: Gold (.917)
Weight: 2.0100g
AGW: 0.0593oz
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COLOMBIA - COLONIAL
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Gold 8E 1794NR JJ NR 62.1
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NGC AU 53
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Obverse: Uniformed bust right
Obverse Legend: CAROL . IIII . D . G . HISP . ET IND . R .
Reverse: Crowned arms within Order chain
Reverse Legend: IN . ITROQ . FELIX . AUSPICE . DEO .
Ruler: Charles IV
Composition: Gold
Fineness: 0.8750
Weight: 27.0674g
Charles IV gold 8 Escudos 1794 NR-JJ , Nuevo Reino mint. Antique golden surfaces with trace of red toning.
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FRANCE - PART 3
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Gold 1L'OR 1726P P 489.16
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NGC XF 40
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Louis XV gold Louis d'Or 1726-P XF40 NGC, Dijon mint, KM489.16, Fr-461, Jones-2305. Includes detailed collector and Auction tags.
From the Peter Jones M.D. Collection
Obverse: Draped bust left
Reverse: Crown above arms of France and Navarre
Ruler: Louis XV
Composition: Gold
Fineness: 0.9170
Weight: 8.1580g
AGW: 0.2405oz
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ITALY - PRE- NAPOLEONIC
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10PAO 1776 TUSCANY DAV-1514 24.1
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NGC F 12
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Obverse: Bust right
Obverse Legend: P L E O P O L D V S D G ....
Reverse: Crowned shield with spikes in order chain
Ruler: Pietro Leopoldo
Note: Dav. #1514.
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9170
Weight: 27.5000g
ASW: 0.8107oz
Leopold II (German: Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; Italian: Pietro Leopoldo Giuseppe Antonio Gioacchino Pio Gottardo; English: Peter Leopold Joseph Anthony Joachim Pius Godehard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792), was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa, thus the brother of Marie Antoinette. Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism.
Leopold was born in Vienna, the third son, and was at first educated for the priesthood, but the theological studies to which he was forced to apply himself are believed to have influenced him against the Church.
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FRANCE - PART 2
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Silver ECU 1653L DAV-3799 155.10
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NGC XF 45
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Ruler: Louis XIV
Composition: Silver
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N.E.INDIES
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Copper 1/2DUI 1804 N.e.indies BATAVIAN REPUBLIC HOLLAND ARMS 75
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NGC MS 64 BN
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Obverse: Inscription, date below
Obverse Inscription: INDIAE / BATAV:
Reverse: Crowned States General arms divide value 5 - 1/32, G. below
Edge Description: Plain
Composition: Copper
Weight: 2.0000g
Diameter: 17.5mm
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1624 OTTINGEN-OTTINGEN DAV-7136 20
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NGC XF 45
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Obverse: Shield of arms with ornate helmet above, dog's head crest divides date
Obverse Legend: * LUDWIG * EBERHARD * COMES * OTING *
Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle
Reverse Legend: FERDINANDVS • II • ROM • IMP • SE(M)(P) • AVG(VS)
Ruler: Ludwig Eberhard
Composition: Silver
Weight: 29.4 g
Diameter: 42.5 mm
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Greece Rhodes 1396-1421
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Silver 1GIG (1396-1421) RHODES MALLOY-27C PHILIBERT OF NAILLAC
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NGC VF 30
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Philibert of Naillac, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalers. Obverse, the bearded Grand Master, wearing robe, kneeling before cross. Reverse, Cross-crosslet. Obverse well struck at center, though most of the legend is weak; reverse fairly sharp and centered.
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER (1635-68) HAMBURG GAED.-1587 ANNUCIATION/NATIVITY GAED.-1587
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PCGS AU 55
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Obverse: The Annunciation
Obverse Legend: AVE MARIA GRATIA. PLENA. DOMINVS
Reverse: The Nativity
Reverse Legend: PVER NATUS. EST. NOBI E FILIVS. DATVS. EST
Note: Ref. G#1586. Prev. KM#F85.
Composition: Silver
Diameter: 59mm
Weight: 56.5gm
(1635-1668) 2 Thaler, (referred to as a Double Show Thaler or Tauftaler)
The Annunciation, the announcement of Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus design on the front and John the Baptist, baptizing Jesus Christ with three people watching on the back! Our research tells us that the front has a Latin legend that means "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women" and the legend on the back may be German and might mean "Christ receiving his baptism from the leader in the Jordan"
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 1/16T 1669 SCHLES.-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP BUST BREAKS INNER CIRCLE 112
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NGC AU 55
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Obverse: Tall bust right breaks inner circle at bottom
Reverse: Inscription in 4 lines
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1747 CPS FRIEDBERG 65
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NGC AU 50
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Obverse: Crowned double-headed eagle with two shields below and one on breast
Reverse: St. George standing on dragon, shields at left and right
Ruler: Johann Eitel II
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver 1/4T 1551 BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL Welter 411
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NGC VF 25
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The oldest Wildman coin in my collection by over 20 years. If references are correct the lit candle in the right hand is a not so veiled threat to his constituents of what may happen if they don't fall in line. Heinrich the Younger had been blamed for having a town burned to the ground in the years prior to this coinage.
Heinrich the Younger
Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (10 November 1489 – 11 June 1568), called the Younger, (Heinrich der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1514 until his death. The last Catholic of the Welf princes, he was known for the large number of wars in which he was involved and for the long-standing affair with his mistress Eva von Trott.
Obverse: Bust Left
Reverse: Wildman in the center.
If this 3rd edition of SC of German Coins 1501-Present is accurate, the mint may be Riechenberg. Somewhere on that coin should be "stag rampant left holding ingot hook." Or maybe the Goslar mint - some sort of symbol that looks like a necklace (a V shape) with a cactus hanging at the lower part of the V.
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Silver TALER 1795 GERMANY FULDA 151
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NGC DAV-? AU 58
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Obverse: Helmeted 4-fold arms
Obverse Legend: ADALBERTUS D. G. EPIS: ET ABB: FULD: S. R. I. PR:
Reverse: Legend and date within palm and laurel branches, the value below
Reverse Legend: PRO DEO/ET/PATRIA./1795., X/EINE F:/MARCK. below
Ruler: Adalbert III
Note: Dav. #2265
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver TALER 1535 SAXONY-ERNESTINE DAV-9721 MB# 199
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: Bare-headed bust right in the circle, holding a sword over right shoulder, titles of Johann Friedrich I divided by 4 small shields of arms and begin IOHAN - FRI
Reverse: Bare-headed bearded bust of Georg left in the circle, titles, and date divided by 4 small shields of arms
Ruler: Johann Friedrich I and Georg
Note: Dav. #9721. Varieties exist.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1695 HCH BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 615
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NGC AU Details
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Obverse: Horse leaping left, 2/3 in oval below
Ruler: Anton Ulrich
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1643 BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL DAV-6375A 429
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PCGS AU 50
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Reverse: Sun above city scene
Note: 7th Bell Thaler. Dav. #6375. Varieties exist.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver TALER 1539 BRANDENBURG-FRANCONIA DAV-8967 MB# 33
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NGC VF 30
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Obverse: Two 1/2-length figures facing one another, date above, titles of 2 margraves
Obverse Legend: D: G: GEOR(G) : : & : ALBERT: MARCHIO(N): BR(AN)(D): &: S(L)(E):
Reverse: Floriated cross, small shield of arms in each angle, Brandenburg arms in center
Reverse Legend: SI. DEVS. PRO NOBIS. QVIS. CONTRA. NOS.
Ruler: Georg and Albrecht II
Note: Dav. #8967.
Composition: Silver
Diameter: 40mm
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Silver TALER 1591 GERMANY BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL DAV-9072 MB# 257
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NGC VF Details
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Goslar mint, Dav-9072. A seldom seen Wildman type with portrait of the Duke.
Obverse: Large armored bust left divides date, titles of Heinrich Julius
Reverse: Smaller 6-fold arms with concave sides, 3 helmets above, wildman with tree trunk in right hand at left
Ruler: Heinrich Julius
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver TALER 1547 PFALZ DAV-9626 MB# 135
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NGC XF Details
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Scarce and highly interesting early Taler. Friedrich was known as Friedrich the Wise, yet it is difficult to find anything wise that he did. Neumarkt mint
Obverse: Robed 1/2-length figure of elector turned nearly right holding sword and orb
Obverse Legend: FRIDE: D:G: C: PALA: RHE: BA: DVX. S. R. I. P. F.
Reverse: Ornate helmet above 3 small shields of arms, lower shield divides date
Reverse Legend: MONE: ARGE: SVPE. PALATINA: BAVARIA.
Ruler: Friedrich II
Note: Dav. #9627. Varieties exist.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver TALER 1599 BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL D-9093 300
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: 3 small shields of arms in center, 2 above 1, 9 small shields of arms around, titles of Heinrich Julius and date
Reverse: Flying eagle above, seated lion below, 10 wasps flying between from hive at left, all in wreath border
Ruler: Heinrich Julius
Note: Dav.#9092. Wasp Thaler. Varieties exist.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1614 WA SAXE-WEIMAR DAV-7527 Dav#7527
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: 4 half-figures facing, scrollwork below
Reverse: 4 half-figures facing, Legend and Date below
Ruler: Joint Rule
Note: Dav. 7527.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TO 1600
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Silver TALER 1593 HB SAXONY-ALBERTINE DAV-9820 MB#314
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: 1/2-length facing figures of 3 brothers in circle, head of middle figure divides date, small imperial orb above, titles in legend
Reverse: 13-fold arms with central shield of electoral Saxony breaks legend at bottom
Reverse Legend: FRAT. ET. DV - CES. SAXON
Ruler: Christian II, Johann Georg I and August
Note: Dav. #9820. Varieties exist.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1766 IDB BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 973,1
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NGC AU Details
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Obverse: Armored draped bust right
Obverse Legend: CAROLVS D o G o DVX BR o ET o LVN o
Reverse: Horse leaping left, value divides date below
Reverse Legend: NVNQVAM RETRORSVM
Ruler: Karl I
Note: 2/3 Thaler Convention.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1711 HB BRUNS.-LUNE.-CALEN.-HANN. 48
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NGC AU Details
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Obverse: Crowned complex arms
Obverse Legend: GEORG: LUD: D o G o D o BR o & o LUN: S o R o I o ELECT:
Reverse: Horse leaping left, value below
Reverse Legend: IN RECTO DECUS
Ruler: George Ludwig
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1661 MUNSTER DAV-5603 77
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NGC AU 53
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BISHOPRIC MUNSTER - CHRISTOPHER BERNARD VON GALEN
(1650-19 / 09/1678)
The Bishopric of Munster was founded around 800. From 1186, the bishop became prince of the empire. The first known emissions back to 1025.
Obverse: à Rmo. CELsmo. DD. CHRISTOPH. BERN. EPo. ET PRINCIPE. MONAST. Ao. MDCLXI
nimbate St. Paul holding a sword, in a cloud above a view of the city of Münster. Beside him: S. PAVL [-] PATRON. Below: MONAST. WESTPH / AD: OBED. REDVC / TVM
Reverse: PROTECTOR. MEVS. ET. IN. IPSO. SPERAVI. QVI. SVBDIT. POPVLVM. MEVM. SVB. ME. Psal 143
helmeted arms
Note: Broad flan. Varieties exist. Dav. #5603.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1715 HH BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL DAV-2126 739
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: Spanish shield of 11-fold arms, 5 ornate helmets above, date at end of legend
Obverse Legend: D.G. AVGVSTVS. WILHELMVS. DVX. BR. & LVN.
Reverse: Wildman, tree in left hand, legend divided above, mintmaster's initials and symbol at lower left
Reverse Legend: PARTA TVERI.
Ruler: August Wilhelm
Note: Dav. 2126.
Composition: Silver
Weight: 29.0300g
Diameter: 45mm
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Silver 4A 1723 GERMANY HESSE-CASSEL 385
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NGC XF 45
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Obverse: Crowned arms
Reverse: Value, date
Reverse Legend: IV/ALBUS
Ruler: Karl
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Copper TALER 1767 G-S-KK BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH DAV-1998 Neumann-6494
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PCGS AU Details
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This is not DAV-1998. NGC does not list this pattern at this time.
Brandenburg-Ansbach. Alexander bronze Taler Coin Weight 1767 AU Details (Tooled) PCGS, Neumann-6494. Reverse has a five line inscription which informs us that this pattern was to be for a coin weighing 2 Loth. In old German a Loth was approximately 16 gm.
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 24MG 1788 C BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 1022
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NGC AU 55
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This piece has the appearance of being cleaned at one point. Despite this it is extremely well struck for the type.
Obverse: Date below value in center
Reverse: Wildman with tree in left hand, value at left
Ruler: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand
Composition: Silver
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was ruler of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a statesman and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources.
He succeeded his father as sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the princely states of the Holy Roman Empire. He was a recognized master of the warfare of the mid-18th century who served as a General Field Marshall of the Kingdom of Prussia. The duke was a cultured and benevolent despot in the model of Frederick the Great, and was married to Princess Augusta, a sister of George III of Great Britain.
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 1K 1680 WURTTEMBERG-OLS 36
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NGC MS 62
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Obverse: Bust right, value (1) below
Obverse Legend: CHRI(ST). (V)(U)(L)(R). D.G. D(U)(V)X - W. (T.)(I.) S. O. (&) B.
Reverse: Silesian eagle in oval baroque frame, princely hat divides date above
Reverse Legend: CO. MON(T). D(O). I. HEI(D). ST(E)(R)(N)(B). (&) M(ED)(ZIB).
Ruler: Christian Ulrich
Composition: Silver
Weight: 0.7500g
Diameter: 17mm
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GERMANY - STATES - 2
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Silver 2GUL 1848 FRANKFURT - CONSTITUTION MAY 18 337
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NGC MS 63
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I like this coin because it features 2 different versions of the German Eagle. The obverse has a single crowned eagle on the obverse and a double eagle on the reverse. It's the only time I know of that this was done. It's a stunning coin.
Obverse: Crowned eagle
Reverse: Double eagle with wings open
Subject: Constitutional Convention, May 18, 1848
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9000
Weight: 21.2110g
ASW: 0.6137oz
Coins were struck in anticipation of the Constitutional Convention scheduled to take place May 1, 1848; When the convention was delayed until May 18, 1848 the coins were recalled and the dies were altered to reflect this new date.
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 12MG 1696 HB BRUNS.-LUNEBURG-CALENBERG 377
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NGC XF Details
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Another well-struck coin, especially the face.
Obverse: Value within an inner circle, date in legend
Reverse: Wildman with tree
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1708 HCH BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 685
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PCGS XF 45
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Exquisitely struck piece. Little signs of wear but toned very darkly.
Obverse: Value within inner circle, date in legend
Reverse: Wildman with tree held in both hands, value at left
Ruler: Anton Ulrich
Anthony Ulrich was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his brother and solely from 1704 until his death.
Composition: Silver
Anthony Ulrich was the second son of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg; he studied at the University of Helmstedt. After their father's death in 1666, Rudolph Augustus, Anthony Ulrich's elder brother, became reigning duke and made Anthony Ulrich his proxy. Rudolph Augustus had little interest in government affairs and left most decisions to his brother; in 1685, he made Anthony Ulrich a co-regent with equal rights.
After the Hanover subdivision of the duchy had received a new prince elector-ship from the Emperor in 1692, tensions between the two states rose, as both Anthony Ulrich and Rudolph Augustus were dismayed that they had not received the elector-ship. While both Hanover and Lüneburg sided with Emperor Leopold I in the War of the Spanish Succession, Anthony Ulrich decided to enter into an agreement with France. This led to Hanover and Lüneburg invading the Principality of Wolfenbüttel in March 1702; Anthony Ulrich was almost captured while travelling from Wolfenbüttel to Braunschweig. By order of the Emperor, Anthony Ulrich was deposed as duke against his brother's protestations, and Rudolph Augustus remained as the only ruler, while Anthony Ulrich fled to Saxe-Gotha. In April 1702 Rudolph Augustus signed a treaty with Hanover and Lüneburg that Anthony Ulrich later agreed to.
After Rudolph Augustus' death in 1704, Anthony Ulrich took over government again. He continued to settle various disputes with Hanover, until a final agreement between the two sister principalities was reached in 1706.
In 1709, Anthony Ulrich converted to the Roman Catholic Church, but guaranteed to his subjects that this would not influence his government, although he allowed the opening of the first Catholic church in his state. He died at Schloss Salzdahlum, which he had built, in 1714, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Augustus William.
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1610 HR SAXONY DAV-7566 24
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: Bust right with sword and helmet divide date
Reverse: Busts facing one another
Ruler: Christian II, Johann Georg I and August
Note: Dav. 7566.
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 2MG 1786 C BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 1005
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NGC AU 55
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Obverse: Value
Reverse: Wildman
Ruler: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand
Composition: Silver
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Copper 1P 1737 IAB BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 901.1
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NGC AU 50 BN
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Despite the grade this has nice even wear and a good even strike. Well preserved for the type.
Obverse: Wildman with tree in left hand
Reverse: Value, date
Ruler: Karl I
Composition: Copper
Charles (German: Karl; 1 August 1713, Braunschweig – 26 March 1780, Braunschweig), Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg (Bevern line), was ruling as Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1735 until his death.
Charles was the eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He fought under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the Ottoman Empire before inheriting the Principality of Wolfenbüttel from his father in 1735.
On the suggestion of his priest, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem, in 1745 he founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. He also hired Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as the librarian for the Bibliotheca Augusta. Lorenz Heisters of the University of Helmstedt named the botanical genus Brunsvigia in his honour, in recognition of his encouragement of botany and the study of B. orientalis.
Charles attempted to promote the economic development of his state; for example, he founded the Fürstenberg Porcelain Company, and he installed mandatory fire insurance. However he did not manage to keep the state finances in check. As a consequence in 1773 his eldest son Charles William Ferdinand took over government.
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 6MG 1708 BRUNS.-LUNE.-CALEN.-HANN. 11
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NGC VF 35
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Obverse: Value, date
Reverse: Wildman, tree in right hand
Ruler: George Ludwig
Composition: Silver
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German States Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel 1675
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Silver 24MG 1675 GERMANY BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 516
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NGC AU 58
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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Rudolf August 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler) 1675 AU58 NGC. Among the finest-encountered of its type, this selection enchants the eye with classic cabinet tone and impeccably struck design elements--down to the minute details atop the Wildman. Typically, the Wildman's face is not this well struck. Scarce in all regards.
Rudolph Augustus (16 May 1627 – 26 January 1704), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled as Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1666 until his death. In 1685 he made his younger brother Anthony Ulrich co-ruler.
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German States Cologne 1793
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Copper 8H 1793 GERMANY COLOGNE 446
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NGC VF 25 BN
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Obverse: Crowned arms and eagle
Reverse: Value and date
Composition: Copper
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS SILESIA-LIEGNITZ-BRIEG
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3K 1669 CB SILESIA-LIEGNITZ-BRIEG 500
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NGC XF 45
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Obverse: Mantled bust right, value '3' in oval below
Obverse Legend: CHRISTIANVS ? - ? D?G ? DVX ? SIL
Reverse: Silesian eagle, crown above divides date in margin
Reverse Legend: LIGNIC ? BREGENS ? & ? WOLAV.
Ruler: Christian
Composition: Silver
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Germany Prussia
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1S 1703 CG GERMANY PRUSSIA 6
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NGC XF 40
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Obverse: Crowned script FR monogram, mintmaster's initials below
Reverse: 4-line inscription with date
Reverse Inscription: SOLID / REGNI / PRUSS / (date)
Composition: Billon
Fineness: 7.2900
Weight: 0.7200g
Ruler: Friedrich I
Diameter: 14-15mm
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German States GERMANY - FRAC. TALERS
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Silver 2/3T 1776 LCR GERMANY BRUNS.-LUNE.-CALEN.-HANN. 347
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NGC XF Details
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Appears to show signs of doubling.
Obverse: Crowned quartered arms, value below
Reverse: Wildman with tree in right hand, 24 at right
Ruler: George III
Composition: Silver
George III (George William Frederick) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from October 25th, 1760 until the union of the two countries on January 1st, 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, Unlike his two predecessors he was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language and never visited Hanover.
His life and with it his reign, which were longer than any other British monarch before him, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. Many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In the later part of his life, George III had recurrent mental illness. Although it has since been suggested that he had the blood disease porphyria the cause of his illness remains unknown. After a final relapse in 1810 a regency was established and George III's eldest son George, Prince of Wales ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV.
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GERMANY - MINOR COINS
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Silver 28STU (1649) JEVER 40
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NGC XF Details
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Obverse: Crowned shield within circle
Obverse Legend: FLOR AN GV. C O (28) E D D I IE E K
Reverse: Value in circle on breast of crowned imperial eagle, 28 in orb on breast within circle
Reverse Legend: FERD II D G ROM IMP SEMP AV
Ruler: Anton Günther
Composition: Silver
Anton Günther is listed as a ruler of Oldenburg, Schleswig and Holstein from 1603 - 1667. Son of Johann VII and grandson of Anton I.
Interesting note: The current Duke of Oldenburg passed away. His name was Anton Günther.
Early in the 16th century Oldenburg was enlarged at the expense of the Frisians. Protestantism was introduced into the county by Count Anton I (1505-73), who also suppressed the monasteries; however, he remained loyal to Charles V during the Schmalkaldic War, and was able thus to increase his territories, obtaining Delmenhorst in 1547. One of Anton's brothers, Count Christopher of Oldenburg (about 1506-60), won some reputation as a soldier. Anton's grandson, Anton Günther (1583-1667), who succeeded in 1603, considered himself the wisest prince who had yet ruled Oldenburg. Jever had been acquired before he became count, but in 1624 he added Kniphausen and Varel to his lands, with which in 1647 Delmenhorst was finally united. By his neutrality during the Thirty Years' War and by donating valuable horses to warlord Count of Tilly, Anton Günther secured for his dominions an immunity from the terrible devastations to which nearly all the other states of Germany were exposed. He also obtained from the emperor the right to levy tolls on vessels passing along the Weser, a lucrative grant which soon formed a material addition to his resources. In 1607 he erected a Renaissance castle. After the death of Anton Günther, Oldenburg fell again under Danish authority.
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German States Prussia
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Silver 3G 1539 GERMANY PRUSSIA MB#5.2
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NGC XF 45
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Composition: Silver
Diameter: 22.5-23mm
Obverse: Bust to right
Obverse Legend: ALBER D G MAR BRAN DVX PRVS(SIE).
Reverse: Date at end of inscription
Reverse Inscription: III / GROSS: AR. / TRIPLEX / ALBER: DV(C): / PRVSSIE
Ruler: Albrecht
Albert of Prussia (17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) was the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, who after converting to Lutheranism, became the first monarch of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. Albert was the first European ruler to establish Protestantism as the official state religion of his lands. He proved instrumental in the political spread of Protestantism in its early stage, ruling the Prussian lands for nearly six decades (1510–1568).
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GERMANY - TALERS
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Silver TALER 1776 HDF HDF LUBECK DAV-2422 Dav-2422
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NGC AU 58
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LÜBECK
Obverse: Half-length facing figure of St. John with lamb, shield of mayor's arms in baroque frame below in front, date at end of legend
Obverse Legend: MONETA. NOVA - LUBECENSIS.
Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle, shield of city arms on breast, mintmaster's initials below tail
Reverse Legend: IOSEPHUS. II. - ROM. IMP. S. AUG.
Note: Ref. B-197a; Dav. 2422. Arms of Mayor Daniel Haecks (1765-78).
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.8880
Weight: 29.2000g
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