Arriving today...1511 Bishopric of Salzburg batzen
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A recent auction purchase on its way, and is out for delivery right now! (If it requires a signature the anticipation will be prolonged another day.) The eye appeal on this piece, and it's very early date, really stopped me when I was browsing auctions. Think I'll be happy with it in hand?
It depicts St. Rupert is patron saint of Salzburg - and his container of salt (SANCT RUBERDUS EPIS) and crozier. The reverse has the year and the arms of Salzburg on the left, and the bishops on the right with text LEONARD ARCHIEPI SALZ.
Comments welcome.
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Another wonderful piece @Bob13 ! I really like this one. Great detail and strong strike.
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A very well designed coin and very well struck as well. That's the kind of coin I wish I had started collecting back in the 1960's instead of US coins.
Thanks for the comments!
@291fifth Curious your reasoning about collecting world vs. US - just more interesting, more history, more bang for your (collecting) buck or what?
So the coin arrived and it is a beauty! Here are some really crappy iPhone pics (well - probably more my fault than the iPhone). But this coin has thick luster with great color. This is definitely a keeper.
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Nice piece but that appears to be a bowl of pistachios. Peace Roy
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Why world (including ancient) rather than US:
Rarity without excessive cost (much more true years ago than today.)
US coins, with very few exceptions, are not rare or even scarce. They are just popular with the collecting masses.
Picked up another coin from Salzburg. 1681 3 kreuzer. Neat little coin!
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Terrific coins
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Those are very nice. Do you have any coins dated 1501 or 1500 ?
@Tibor - Nope, none dated 1500 or 1501. This 1511 is still the earliest I have.
I really like some of these bishopric/archbishopric coins. So far I am catching as able on Sixbid and the like. Are there are any dealers for these early coins that any would recommend (to clarify - with online presence)?
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To start with the two you shared pics of are really nice. There is another site
similar to Sixbid, and that is numisbids.com . About twice as many auctions to bid
in. Now for the dealers, there is an excellent site : ma-shops.com . There are
dozens of dealers and ninety percent of them are European. I shop with them
regularly. The shops are up-dated regularly and once you select some of your
collecting preferences you will get E-mails alerting you of new additions. I was hoping
for a 1500 or 1501 dated coin, but instead I got to give you info that helps with
your collection. A true win. If you have any questions feel free to ask me.