Romanian coins

netrubicon

I watched a show on History channel about Transylvania/ Prince Dracula and wondered if anyone had some coins to show from that time period

just before and during his time as a leader. Thanks.

shirohniichan

<< <i>I watched a show on History channel about Transylvania/ Prince Dracula and wondered if anyone had some coins to show from that time period

just before and during his time as a leader. Thanks. >>



I wonder if any were chopmarked.

Good ol' Vlad.

Kurt4

I don't have any, but I watched the show too and it was fascinating.

SYRACUSIAN

I wonder if any were chopmarked.

Good ol' Vlad.

netrubicon

I forgot how import a shipping route that was to and from Turkey. The show talked about traders that tried killing him and how he befriended

them and tried killing them at his castle on the hill. There must be a form of money from Romania from that time, or maybe it was just a gold

trade route from the west. I'll google some more on it. Its hard to believe that story is actual history, and really must have scared half the world

to death after hearing about him.

Edit:

The Cup of Gold

Vlad was so obsessed with honesty among his kingdom that a single lie could mean a person's demise. This is not to mention a thief - who would be ultimately tortured and impaled.

Vlad was so confident about his kingdom's honesty that during his reign he placed a cup made of gold in a public plaza for people to drink water from. The sole requirement was for the user to return the cup after its drinking from it. During Dracula's reign, the cup was never stolen because any thief certainly knew what would await him if caught.


The Merchant's Money

A merchant was traveling through Dracula's kingdom when he remembered about the supposed honesty in it. He had nowhere to stay and the night was falling so he decided to leave his cart full of coins in a public plaza and go to sleep elsewhere.

In the morning, the merchant found 160 coins missing from his cart. Very depressed about this, he informed Dracula about his loss and Dracula promptly told him to stay in his palace for the night. Dracula then ordered his guards to find the thief or else he would destroy his whole kingdom and impale everyone within it.

Dracula secretly sent the 160 coins to the merchant's cart plus another coin. The next day, when the merchant returned to his cart, he was very pleased to find the 160 coins. When he went to thank Vlad the Impaler, he mentioned the extra coin. Vlad told the merchant that the thief had been caught and was being impaled at the moment and that if the merchant hadn't mentioned about the extra coin, he would have been impaled too.


The Seven Kids

Vlad was once walking in the streets of his kingdom when he told one of his guards, "drop this sack full of golden coins in front of the public plaza and tell me who picks it up. - handing a sack full of coins to the guard.

The guard then thought to himself, "how would Dracula know if I don't drop them?" so he decided to steal them for himself.

The guard then decided to blame seven kids for his own atrocities so he went to Vlad the Impaler and informed him about seven kids who stole his coins. Vlad ordered the guard to find them immediately or he would be impaled.


The guard did as Vlad said and went to the plaza to pick seven random kids.

When Dracula looked at the kids, he sent them all to be impaled. He then told the guard to have a feast with him to watch them die. When they were eating, Vlad asked the guard about the sack of coins and the guard said that he had been unable to find it.

Vlad had previously placed some paint inside the coins for whoever was guilty to show that incriminating sign. When he looked at the kid's hands, he was unable to see any paint; but nevertheless, having seen the guard's hands he saw that exact same paint on his hand.

Vlad then realized what had happened and was furious because of his own guard stealing the gold and blaming seven kids for it. For the kids, it was too late because even though still alive, they were half way impaled. Dracula then looked at the guard with burning fury and ordered his skin to be ripped off and fed to the dogs without killing him.

Afterwards, the guard had a small hole made in his abdomen from which his intestines would be fed to a mouse... slowly. Before the mouse could finish his work, Vlad sent the guard to be finally impaled in a stick very tall and very thick for the whole process to be slower.


Vlad's Mistress

Vlad had a mistress in his castle who he adored. One day, when Vlad was very tired and depressed, his mistress decided to cheer him up. She told Vlad a lie about her being pregnant. She fully knew Vlad's honesty policy, but nevertheless lied about it. Vlad told her to never lie about such a serious matter, but his mistress kept to the lie.

Vlad had her examined by many doctors and they all came to the conclusion that she wasn't pregnant. When Vlad received news about this, he made a huge cut from her breasts to her abdomen and left her to rot for everyone to see that he was tolerant to nobody.


The Poor and Old

Vlad was one day pondering about the poor and old in his realm. He didn't know what to do about them because they were a burden to society and he knew it. As a solution, he invited all of them to have a feast in his castle - the rooms filled with the poor, sick and old. Vlad then ordered all of them to be properly fed and given wine. He then made an appearance and ordered a toast. He asked, "do you want to have no problems?" - when they all replied "yes", Vlad disappeared and ordered his guards to close the castle and burn it to the ground. Nobody survived and Vlad backed this up with "I don't want any poor, sick or old in my kingdom for they are only a burden."


The Rotting Army

It is estimated that Vlad impaled more than 30,000 enemy soldiers. During his greatest revenge, he ordered a full army of approximately 15,000 soldiers to be impaled for "making a forest so he could properly eat."

When they were all being impaled, Vlad ordered a feast made while watching all of the impaled enemy soldiers agonize in pain. When a Turkish army marched toward Transylvania, they returned home after seeing the "forest of rotting men" which Vlad had left the previous year.

dcamp78

Sorry, but I didn't catch the show. What time frame are we talking about?

netrubicon

September 9th or 10th. I think it was on between 3 and 5 pm. Im suprised I even remember that far back LOL! I think the coin was the Ducat

during the time.

dcamp78

Sorry, I should have asked for the time frame for the coin dates.

netrubicon

Ah. 1431-1476.

coachleonard

Alex Malloy in his 2001 catalogue, was selling coins of Dracula's grandfather, Mircea the Old. Malloy says Dracula didn't strike his own coins, but the coins of his grandfather would have been circulating. In 2001 Malloy was selling these for $67.50 in Average to choice condition. Not sure if Alex Malloy is still in business but you can try writing him at:
Alex G. Malloy, Inc. P.O Box 38 South Salem, NY 10590

spoon

I've been seeing a lot of Transylvanian talers showing up in the past few months. Unfortunately not so many now that someone asks! But... here's one at NEN. They have later gold also.

netrubicon

I would love to view a full collection. The odds of a true collection of these must be low, but its a good start. Thank you sir.

spoon

<< <i>Not sure if Alex Malloy is still in business but you can try writing him at:
Alex G. Malloy, Inc. P.O Box 38 South Salem, NY 10590 >>

I'm not sure either, though I haven't tried in a long while. Also his website is terribly out of date. Link here. (w/ more contact info)

Leiana

Here's a nifty article.

Just in time for Halloween, too!

-Amanda

netrubicon

I couldnt get the link to work?

Leiana

<< <i>I couldnt get the link to work? >>



It works for me. It's a PDF file.

-Amanda