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I need some cluefulness on these local pickups.
Vickie death medal. About the size of a U.S. quarter. Could they possibly find an uglier representation of Victoria? Looks like Jabba the Hutt. Not flattering at all. Were these available in other sizes and metals? I assume so.
Spain 16 Maravedis, 1663. I cannot find a "CT" mintmark combination listed in Krause.
Trier Petermenger 1672. Uhh.... what exactly is a "petermenger"? Is that like a henway? One of the oddest denomination names I've ever encountered. Interesting looking alien on the obverse.
German? Spielmarke? Not sure what this little brass token is, or what it signifies, but I thought the imagery was cool. Between the size of a U.S. dime and nickel. The "PLUS ULTRA" on the reverse makes it seem like some sort of advertising... any idea what time period it's from?
Vickie death medal. About the size of a U.S. quarter. Could they possibly find an uglier representation of Victoria? Looks like Jabba the Hutt. Not flattering at all. Were these available in other sizes and metals? I assume so.
Spain 16 Maravedis, 1663. I cannot find a "CT" mintmark combination listed in Krause.
Trier Petermenger 1672. Uhh.... what exactly is a "petermenger"? Is that like a henway? One of the oddest denomination names I've ever encountered. Interesting looking alien on the obverse.
German? Spielmarke? Not sure what this little brass token is, or what it signifies, but I thought the imagery was cool. Between the size of a U.S. dime and nickel. The "PLUS ULTRA" on the reverse makes it seem like some sort of advertising... any idea what time period it's from?
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Just making assumptions, here.... If it was an 8 Reale piece, I would at least be able to narrow it down to a Calbeto number.
Good luck.
8 Reales Madness Collection
From the sound of it, it's something you don't want anywhere near your lap. Ouch!
Here's your Lauer people who probably struck that rechenpfennig.
I think that company made medals and stuff during the Third Reich, which is probably not something they'll highlight on their web page. At any rate, I got various Nazi-period medals when I Googled the name. (Some of them were quite handsome.)
From the style of this piece, particularly the lettering, denticulation, etc, I would put your "Plus Ultra" rechenpfennig somewhere in the German Imperial period, say 1880s-1910s. Just a wild guess. I like the sun & moon design, too, but the ship is rather primitively and cartoonishly rendered. Interesting piece.
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<< <i>Could they possibly find an uglier representation of Victoria? Looks like Jabba the Hutt. Not flattering at all. >>
Well, she was dead...
<< <i>Trier Petermenger 1672. Uhh.... what exactly is a "petermenger"? >>
I believe "petermenger" roughly translates to "bearing the image of Peter". "Peter", of course, being Saint Peter, keeper of the Keys to the Kingdom. Your "alien" is indeed holding a whopping great key. A petermenger was equivalent to 8 Trier pfennigs, and the equivalent to the "albus" used by neighbouring states.
I'm not sure whether your coin is a full petermenger, or half-petermenger (4 pfennigs). Halves are listed for that date in Krause, petermengers aren't. But that may not mean anything; I've noticed that many minors aren't listed in Krause, anyways.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
It is small, though, and really thin. I don't remember offhand if it has the sun/moon obverse but I recall it having the Lauer name on it. I just saw it drift by in the pile and didn't really look at it with a loupe. I am just doing some preliminary pawing through the gigantic lot.