Early Dated European coins

Tibor

I collect Early Dated European coins. Coins that fall into this category have dates either in Roman numerals
or Arabic style before 1501 AD. I started my collection 13 years ago. I would be interested in communicating with other
collectors. Topics would be how you got started, favorite coin or coins, experiences with auction houses
and dealers and any other topic. This is not an offer to buy,sell, or trade; just some exchange of ideas about
our collections. I will be attending the ANA show in Atlanta at the end of February. I would enjoy meeting any
other collectors. I hope to hear from you soon. Tibor

LochNESS

I enjoy a decent amount of ancients and "early" coins in my collection. And the number keeps growing. But most seem to be from middle East or Asia.

What's your story? how did you get started on Early coins and why not ancients?

Also,.... post a photo of your favorite coin! I'd love to see it. And, I too will be at the ANA show in Atlanta.

davidrj

Interesting, I collect copper

my earliest dated coin is this one

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1586 France Double tournois, type de Poitiers, I know these go back to 1577

Are there earlier dated European coppers?

Tibor

I bought Albert Frey's on the topic in 1999. I collect books on a wide variety of numismatic
topics. At the ANA in Atlanta 2001 I bought 2 coins from Glenn Schinke for what I thought
were very reasonable prices. After that I was hooked. I have always been interested in
Medieval European history. In 2007 Robert Levinson published his book on this topic and
it advanced the known knowledge of this area of numismatics by light years. When a non-
collector asks a collector about their coins they involve "what's the date" and/or "what's it
worth". Since I am not of Bill Gates wealth I collect moderately priced coins in this area.
At this point in time I am unable to post pics. To answer davidrj questions at this point
in time there are three different known copper coins with dates before 1500. They are as
follows: 1481 Brabant Lev.II-58 R (21-50 known per Levinson)
1489 Flanders Lev.II-120 R
!494 Liege Lev.II-134 R-2 (11-20 known per Levinson)
I own a 1494 piece but the others have alluded me. I have over 140 pieces in my collection.
While not a large collection each and every coin has a nice clear date. The rest of coin might
not be of museum quality but the date is most important to me. My earliest dated coin is
1375 issued by the Aachen mint. I will gladly answer any questions that come my way. I
hope to hear from all who have statements and/or questions.

davidrj

<< <i>To answer davidrj questions at this point
in time there are three different known copper coins with dates before 1500. They are as
follows:

1481 Brabant Lev.II-58 R (21-50 known per Levinson)
1489 Flanders Lev.II-120 R
!494 Liege Lev.II-134 R-2 (11-20 known per Levinson
>>



Thanks!

LochNESS

<< <i>I bought Albert Frey's on the topic in 1999. >>

I love the fact that books inspired you to enter the hobby. I recall the first time I flipped through a used copy of Krause. Not as magnificent as the specialty books you mentioned, but great fun as a kid. Fat, worn cover with worn silky pages. Bursting with illustration. Flipping through it was like traveling to exotic islands or even better, going back in time.


<< <i>...the date is most important to me. My earliest dated coin is
1375 issued by the Aachen mint. >>

If you like old dates, have you considered Ancients? If you don't want to go that far back, I have a Russian wire kopek from circa 1100 AD. Have you looked into strikings from that era?