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JCMhouston
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Well the world coin market seems pretty strong. On the stuff I follow I can only uess that everyone that has Euro's is converting them into something else. Prices were strong, on a couple of Klippe Talers I had bid double the high estimate thinking that would do it, but they went for $11k ea., more than 5 x the high estimate. Zohar linked a lot that went for more than 20 x high estimate. Basically all my bids ranged from 30-100% over high estimate, nd I came away with one coin.
1694 Bavaria Taler, NGC 62. Maximillian II Emanuel, famous for his butt kicking received from the British at the Battle of Blenheim. Actually he was quite a good soldier in his early days but let his political ambitions lead him to folly. By 1701 he had decided that his family should take the title of Holy Roman Emperor from the Hapsburgs which led to the alliance with France in the war.
1694 Bavaria Taler, NGC 62. Maximillian II Emanuel, famous for his butt kicking received from the British at the Battle of Blenheim. Actually he was quite a good soldier in his early days but let his political ambitions lead him to folly. By 1701 he had decided that his family should take the title of Holy Roman Emperor from the Hapsburgs which led to the alliance with France in the war.
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1759 Franz Heinrich I (1740-66) Taler
Dav-1196.
One year type.
NGC MS-63
Some background:
The Counts of Schlick (czech Šlikove) were originally a patrician family with roots in Bohemia and in Germany.
The rise of the family began in the first half of the 15th Century, when Kaspar Schlick, for his diplomatic services of the Emperor Sigismund to the Baron (1422) and Reich Counts (1437), was titled and given a patent for a coat of arms. Their area in addition included the counties of Bassano (Passaun) in Northern Italy and the Weisskirchen (Holíc) in today's western Slovakia, in addition to others. The source of their wealth was the silver mines at St. Joachimsthal and minting of coins (Joachimstaler, the first dollar size silver coin). After the silver discoveries at the beginning of the 16th Century they had the royal right to mint coins. The Bohemian crown usurped the family's right to mint coins in 1528. That right was returned in 1626. It was finally lost for good in 1806 when the whole region was absorbed by Napoleon, although the last official coins had been minted decades prior.
The noble family played an important role in the Czech corporate state in the first century of the Habsburg reign. They occupied important positions in the estate's management or were officers of the Habsburg rulers. In the early 1520's numerous members sympathized with the Lutheran Reformation, while others remained Catholic. Major representatives of the family stood for the right of the stands against the rulers of one. They took an active part in the uprisings against the Habsburgs in 1547 and 1618-1620. After the Battle of White Mountain they lost their assets, which were confiscated by the emperor. One of the leaders of the Bohemian insurgents, Joachim Andreas von Schlick, was executed in 1621. The part of the family that remained faithful to the Habsburgs received a portion of the estates of Messrs. Waldstein.
Edited to add that Zohar's coin was also on my watch list.
How does one get a hater to stop hating?
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<< <i>EVP - I am glad your budget was on hold for this one
Actually, I acquired a 4th piece via layaway. It's an even bigger monster silver crown-sized equivalent. That is the real reason I decided not to play in SB. (The 4th piece is not a German or Austrian taler.)
As for auctions, I only play if there is a piece I must have, or the prices are commensurate with what I can expect on the floor.
Edited to add: I think the summer ANA auctions tend to do well because it signifies an end to the summer doldrums for our hobby/industry, and folks get into an orgy of spending (like me; I also saw a major lite-side player unable to catch up with me because he was running to a meeting).
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http://blog.960coins.com - All about the 960 Reis coins.
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Same for you Z you always seem to pick up something cool somehows~~
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Nothing for me. Went after one coin halfheartedly and was blown out of the water.
8 Reales Madness Collection
<< <i>I just want to add, although I do think we are in a bubble in world coin prices at auction.... >>
Probably true, but the bubble will not pop until interest rates go back up, the Euro crisis subsides, ....
In other words, we are probably in for a long run, and by then, inflation will kick in.
value 80 REAUX , what does it all mean ?
<< <i>What a strange proof coin ? a spanish coin made in Paris for the BALANCIERS of the Philippines Islands
value 80 REAUX , what does it all mean ? >>
Many patterns for Spanish coins were struck in Paris. Possibly because the Paris Mint was state of the art at that time, or possibly because Thonnelier was selling minting machinery to other countries. I don't know.
I always assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that Reaux was French for Reales. Spain was minting 20, 40 and 100 (not 80) Reales in gold at this time. But they did mint 80 Reales in gold previously.
Crossing my fingers .
1706 Joseph Taler NGC MS-64
1556 Taler (72 Kreuzer) NGC AU-50
Boy is that 64 neat - fab eye appeal.
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<< <i>What a strange proof coin ? a spanish coin made in Paris for the BALANCIERS of the Philippines Islands
value 80 REAUX , what does it all mean ? >>
Many patterns for Spanish coins were struck in Paris. Possibly because the Paris Mint was state of the art at that time, or possibly because Thonnelier was selling minting machinery to other countries. I don't know.
I always assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that Reaux was French for Reales. Spain was minting 20, 40 and 100 (not 80) Reales in gold at this time. But they did mint 80 Reales in gold previously. >>
Found it , Reaux is indeed french for Reales , an 80 Reaux was sold by Goldberg auctions:
80 reaux