1772 Frankfurt Stadtansicht Taler

cacheman

My new addition to my City View taler collection arrived yesterday. I like it.

1772 Konvention Taler, Dav. 2226, km 251, MONETA REIPVBL. FRANCOFURT. AD LEGEM CONVENTIONIS, Arms in elaborate frame. Below X.ST. EINE F.M. MDCCLXXII, and P.C.B. in frame. NOMEN DOMINI TURRIS FORTISSIMA, view of city, Below OE .

1jester

Cacheman, I just can't understand why you keep buying these strange coins. I mean, what's the appeal???

It makes sense to take up collecting Morgan Dollars again; those are real coins.

MadMuffin

That's a detailed one

The eagle on the obverse is quite similar to those seen on later coins from the GErman Empire.

Marcel

dingding

splendid!! It's from Munzshop, right?
I managed to get a piece like this one, or Nurnberg, Regensburg city view thaler.

Philip

Once I heard somebody refer to the Frankfurt eagle as "duck". The particular coin was a early 1800-s heller.

That's an ugly cheap coin and I think you need to concentrate on Morgan dollars.

rhound1977

I'm glad I don't collect talers, but that is a nice one, and yes I do like it I like to the morgan too..... But I only have two......

1jester

Yes, Cacheman, it's not too late to divvy up your useless Thaler collection and return to the truly noble pursuit of real professional quality Morgans.

I'm signing up for the giveaway....

Steve27

All these City View Talers are nice coins, and this is a super example. Congrats Scott!

theboz11

I have a nice Morgan that I will trade you for that,,,,so you can start back to a proper collection

trozau

nice one

eisq222

VERY NICE !!!!!!!

ccrdragon

That's an ugly coin and you need to send it to me to save you from having to look at it!!!

cacheman

yes, It came from Jochen Pater at Muenz-shop. I think I have financially supported him 100% in this past year This is where I get a lot of my Goetz material too.

cosmicdebris

Dang that would be a cool Eagle for my collection.

OldFossil

That's gorgeous... I just won an 1860 Frankfurt thaler on Ebay, and while nice, it ain't nearly as pretty as yours. Congrats!

By the way, what's the significance of the triangle at 12 o'clock?

cacheman

Oldfossil, Admittedly, the contents of this triangle are different than others in my collection. The rays usually signify a sunburst and the triangle usually carries either the eye of God, or on earlier pieces, the Tetragrammaton. The Tetragrammaton represents God's name rendered in four Hebrew letters as YHWH for Yahweh. Although that is not the case for this piece, it appears that the symbols are Judaic in nature but I can't seem to find their signoficance. Perhaps Askari can help with an answer?

Aethelred

Another great CV!

laurentyvan

Are the symbols within the triangle scrolls with the word of God?

cacheman

hmmm, could be....

elverno

<< <i>Are the symbols within the triangle scrolls with the word of God? >>



Could be, though my research in the past few months suggests that this might have a Masonic connection. The triangle, sunburst and Hebraic legends, especially in triples are what make me think that. I'll try to do a little more research down that path since the 1760s and 1770s were the first strong expansion of the fraternity throughout the German States.

Just a beautiful taler as always!

CIVITAS

Perhaps some trinity reference?

Askari

That is simply gorgeous, Cache!! And, gee, my birthday is less than a month away.

I'm not sure, but I expect the triangle probably represents the Holy Trinity; some such portrayal of divinity is common on these talers -- they will be above the city view or other scene and have those rays emanating from them. The squiggles within the triangle look like little flames, which traditionally signifies the Holy Spirit.

Shipcoin

Great boats!