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Osnabruck taler - 1698 sede vacante

worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
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An interesting sede vacante taler from the Kuenker auction (DAV-5674). I suspect it was cleaned at some point (when looking at it with a loop), but I am still thrilled to own it.

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  • wildjagwildjag Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭
    Brent, very nice looking coin thaler. Everything that old has been cleaned at least once, but the details are still nice. My uncle was thinking of bidding on that, so I am glad he didn't cause he would have bid against you.
  • cachemancacheman Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭
    Cool...and it has a Chronogram on the reverse.
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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Alright--I'll bite, what is a chronogram?


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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isn't a chronogram where words are used as numbers? or something like that.

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    The large letters, when re-ordered give the date of the coin in Roman numerals.

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    In this case - MDCLXVVVVVVIIIIIIII=1698
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  • FPCoinsFPCoins Posts: 50
    That coin is wonderful.
  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    This was part 2 of my submission that just came back from across the street. I am thrilled to see the sede vacante on the label. The picture stinks since I do not have good lighting here.


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  • coinguy89coinguy89 Posts: 2,151
    Totally cool! I love examples like these, especially the AU grades.
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