Emperor Leopold the Hogmouth - Times Two!
JamminJ
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Hi Everyone,
I visited a local coin shop today and came home with two new six kreuzer/krajczar coins!
I aplogize in advance for the quality of the photography, LamminL warned me that the lighting would produce off color images but I couldn't wait for the sun to come up tomorrow before posting.
The first is a 1682 specimen from the Vienna mint in Austria, KM 1862.
and the second a 1673 from the Kremnitz mint in Hungary, KM 164.
While the minor coins of Leopold are about as common as you can get with a 17th century Holy Roman Empire coins, these two stand out beacuse of their level of preservation. I always find it quite difficult to descriminate between AU coins with weak strikes and those well struck with a bit of wear. However, while I think there's a a luster break on the nose of the Hungarian coin I can't find any break or wear at all on the Austrian one. Either way, the catalog only lists values up to XF grades so I'm quite pleased to add coins above the catalog to the collection.
These are the kind of coins which really float my boat!
Please add any comments you may have,
-JamminJ
I visited a local coin shop today and came home with two new six kreuzer/krajczar coins!
I aplogize in advance for the quality of the photography, LamminL warned me that the lighting would produce off color images but I couldn't wait for the sun to come up tomorrow before posting.
The first is a 1682 specimen from the Vienna mint in Austria, KM 1862.
and the second a 1673 from the Kremnitz mint in Hungary, KM 164.
While the minor coins of Leopold are about as common as you can get with a 17th century Holy Roman Empire coins, these two stand out beacuse of their level of preservation. I always find it quite difficult to descriminate between AU coins with weak strikes and those well struck with a bit of wear. However, while I think there's a a luster break on the nose of the Hungarian coin I can't find any break or wear at all on the Austrian one. Either way, the catalog only lists values up to XF grades so I'm quite pleased to add coins above the catalog to the collection.
These are the kind of coins which really float my boat!
Please add any comments you may have,-JamminJ
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<< <i>How much did they cost? >>
The Vienna cost $35.00 and the Kremintz $32.50, plus tax. Not much competition on these two!
-JamminJ
<< <i>Where could you find such primo coins as those?!
Coins like those manage to find their way to someone who appreciates them! Seriously, at a local coin shop - I'll have to take you there someday.
-JamminJ
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<< <i>Where could you find such primo coins as those?!
Coins like those manage to find their way to someone who appreciates them! Seriously, at a local coin shop - I'll have to take you there someday.
-JamminJ >>
I'm not so much into Leo the Hogmouth coins-- I prefer Freddie the Pignose.
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I've always liked Leopold the Hogmouth coins. Perhaps it is because his name is an anagram for Oh thou phlegm de tool which really makes you think considering the era these coins were produced.
Welcome to the boards, thats quite an anagram you dreamed up there!
Didn't you used to have a Seattle Mariners icon?
-JamminJ
No Seattle Mariners icon for me.
<< <i>I thought that anagram was common knowledge. Isn't it in Davenport? >>
Wow, the newbie knows about Davenport!
I'm not sure, I have a few of his catalogs on loan from the ANA but not the 17th century stuff as that's covered by Krasue.
<< <i>No Seattle Mariners icon for me. >>
Must have been someone else. I see you're from Manhatten, I'm an ex New Yorker but cursed with being a Mets fan.
-JamminJ
<< <i>I thought that anagram was common knowledge. Isn't it in Davenport? >>
My Davenport doesn't have an anagram on it (neither does my Chesterfield).
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