Unknown coin

coffeyce

Any ideas? 15mm in size

Smittys

STLNATS

This is a solidus of the city of Riga in Livonia under the Swedes. 17th century.

A lot of these came out with the independence of eastern Europe and they are still very available with some collecting by date. I don't think any are especially rare but am not a specialist.

edited to add: after staring at this a bit more, I think I see the date 1626 at the upper left edge of the larger pic. The "GA" on the obverse refers to the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus who was actively campaigning in the region during the 1620s. The 1626 would be a fairly early date for this series. A similar type is listed under Poland for Ebling but I don't see the GA coins for Riga.

coffeyce

thank you.

its truely amazing how some of you can ID so quickly. I think I go back and forth between my 2 krausse books daily.

Is the coin something to hold on to or not really.

chris

STLNATS

I did finally find this piece in Krause. Its KM 9 and it lists for $6 in F and $12 in VF in my 1996 17th century Krause.

Is the coin something to hold on to or not really.

Don;t know your interests, but this isn't going to finance that vacation home anytime soon. I think the price might be a little higher than shown in my old Krause, but a lot of these have been floating around the market for years and there's still plenty around, some in quite nice condition.

STLNATS

thank you. You're most welcome. Just do the same if you have a chance sometime.


its truely amazing how some of you can ID so quickly. If you're an info hamster long enough sometimes your vast, arcane and otherwise useless knowledge comes in handy. Also, I've collected Latvian currency "forever" and have a very good friend in Latvia that does coins as well. Something was bound to stick!