Need help in identifying a coin please...

Quarternut

I have owned this for a few years now and I have been stumped in attributing it to any country. Any experts have any thoughts?




Thanks for any help!

QN

DCH

Bishopric of Liege. John Theodore of Bavaria(1744-1763). 1 Escalin, KM#165?.

Quarternut

DCH
So this is a coin from Bavaria? Or is it a coin at all? Where do I find it in the "Standard Catalog of World Coins" 18th century edition?

Thanks for the help!

DCH

Depends on which edition you are using...2nd edition Liege is under Austrian Netherlands(page 102), in the 3rd edition Liege has its own listing(pg 938)

satootoko

<< <i>Depends on which edition you are using...2nd edition Liege is under Austrian Netherlands(page 102), in the 3rd edition Liege has its own listing(pg 938) >>

Every volume of every edition has a Country Index near the front. Just check your area/province/state/whatever there, and it will tell you where to look.

Quarternut

Not sure what edition I have as it doesn't list it. The copyright date is MCMLXXXIII.

I looked in the index for Leige and it directed me to Belgium pg 108. There is a pattern coin shown from 1792 that looks real similar but the legends are different and some of the devices are arranged a little differently.

Thanks for all the help, but does anyone know where I go from here?

satootoko

<< <i>does anyone know where I go from here? >>

Your local public library's reference section, where you can consult a more recent Krause.

newbiecollector

See if this site is of any help

Linky

newbiecollector

Maybe a better page on the site

Quarternut

Your local public library's reference section, where you can consult a more recent Krause.

Actually I mis-typed the date listed, it is really MCMLXXXXIII. I was hoping someone had a recent up to date copy and could easily look it up.

Thanks for the link NBC, but there is only some familiarity on one obverse of a coin listed on that site, only part of the obverse legend.

newbiecollector

Well tried to help....good luck on finding the exact one..........

3Mark

Bishopric of Liege
KM#183
Escalin (6Sols)
VG $15 (but this one is not that good)

3Mark

Quarternut

Bishopric of Liege KM#183

Where can I find that in the book I am looking in?
"Standard Catalog of World Coins" 18th century edition, copyright date MCMLXXXXIII.

Thanks again for the help!

DCH

I don't have a 1st edition, but in the 2nd it's listed under Austrian States/Austrian Netherlands/Liege. It's probably not pictured in the 1st edition as it's not pictured in the 2nd.

Sapyx

An EF example on CoinArchives, if you can speak French.

Quarternut

That's it exactly! Thanks Sapyx!

Here is the translation of the description if anyone cares:

LIEGE, Principality, John Théodore of Bavière (1744-1763), AR escalin, 1752, Right: Crowned Ecu, on a crosier and a sword in sautoir. Back: Standing lion to the left, holding a sword and a badge liégeois crowned. Ref. : Chestret, 683; Dengis, 1172. 4,49g. Fitting tracks. Superb

Thanks again evryone for all the help!

QN