A Great Religious Commemorative Coin

bidask

This is a 5 ducat piece from Saxony. It is fully original and dated 1630. Struck in Geman State of Saxony.

It is PCGS graded 58, a pop 1.

It was struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession

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DUIGUY

Very interesting piece with great history! Martin Luther, WOWZERS! Going a LOOOONNNNG ways back.

Dawg144

I have a Saxon piece minted under Frederick the Wise, the Elector of Saxony who protected Martin Luther from Charles V. Your piece is also a very cool link to the Reformation!

bidask

Can you tell which is the obverse and which is the reverse?

53BKid

Rhetorical question, if there were a coin forum in 1630, would this gold commmemorative been considered 'modern crap'?

Awesome coin with a great story. I'd guess many of the other strikes would be in museums. Thanks for displaying it. Is it yours?

bidask

<< <i>Rhetorical question, if there were a coin forum in 1630, would this gold commmemorative been considered 'modern crap'?

Awesome coin with a great story. I'd guess many of the other strikes would be in museums. Thanks for displaying it. Is it yours? >>

yes

ColonialCoinUnion

<< <i>It is PCGS graded 58, a pop 1. >>



It's a lovely piece, but I would think that for an issue like this, most known specimens are not certified, and that the pop ranking is a lot less meaningful than the total estimated population and the history of auction sales of different examples.

bidask

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<< <i>It is PCGS graded 58, a pop 1. >>



It's a lovely piece, but I would think that for an issue like this, most known specimens are not certified, and that the pop ranking is a lot less meaningful than the total estimated population and the history of auction sales of different examples. >>

Have you looked when the last high grade piece came to auction?

ColonialCoinUnion

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<< <i>It is PCGS graded 58, a pop 1. >>



It's a lovely piece, but I would think that for an issue like this, most known specimens are not certified, and that the pop ranking is a lot less meaningful than the total estimated population and the history of auction sales of different examples. >>

Have you looked when the last high grade piece came to auction? >>



Nope. But that info - whatever it is - would mean a lot more to me than the PCGS pop.

SeattleSlammer

that is super sweet and i would love to own it.

bidask

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<< <i>It is PCGS graded 58, a pop 1. >>



It's a lovely piece, but I would think that for an issue like this, most known specimens are not certified, and that the pop ranking is a lot less meaningful than the total estimated population and the history of auction sales of different examples. >>

Have you looked when the last high grade piece came to auction? >>



Nope. But that info - whatever it is - would mean a lot more to me than the PCGS pop. >>

I think your right, most known pieces are not certified.

The last 5 ducat of this type I found at auction was desribed raw as a good VF and went for $3900 in 2002.

coinsarefun

I think its a sweet piece of gold with a great history




Stefanie

MidLifeCrisis

<< <i>I think its a sweet piece of gold with a great history >>




Really cool!

adamlaneus

<< <i>Rhetorical question, if there were a coin forum in 1630, would this gold commmemorative been considered 'modern crap'? >>



No, it would have been called 'níwe droge'.