Recent Changes

May 14, 2008 - Happy Birthday to My Sweet Wife!
- Coin
  - 1800 ¼ Skilling bank token, Sweden.
- Token
  - 1814 ½ Penny Token, Great Britain. This features an eagle that looks more like a chicken that's about to get plucked.
May 13, 2008 - Happy 81st Birthday Dad!
- Coin
  - 1802 1/12 Skilling, Sweden.
May 12, 2008
- Medal
  - 1804 Le couronnement, France. One of the most common medals produced for Napoleon's coronation. Cheap, crude and numerous it was pieces like these that let even the poorest have a memento of the great occasion.
- Token
  - 1797 My Element is Freedom, Prussia. A third variant of this oddly beautiful token.
May 11, 2008
- Coins
  - 1790 2 Groschen, Saxony. A decent example of small silver, came with the PVC damage you will see.
  - 1792 20 Kreuzer, Bavaria. A beautiful example of a relatively scarce coin.
December 8, 2007
- For those who wonder, I haven't given up my hobby but I have been concentrating on improving my photography. More coins and medals in 2008!
August 25, 2007
- Medal
  - 1797 Frederick William III ascends the throne, Prussia. One of Loos' masterpieces. A wonderful medal!
August 24, 2007
- Coin
  - 1802 1 Pfennig, Lippe-Detmold. An improvement over the previous example onsite.
August 16, 2007
- Coin
  - 1796 40 Reis, Brasil. The Portuguese Court fled to Brasil with the help of the British Navy, just ahead of Napoleon's advancing troops. In 1809 the money in Brasil was devalued by counterstamping the circulating coinage and changing their values, in this case from 40 reis to 80.
August 14, 2007
- Coin
  - 1805 1/12 Skilling, Sweden. Harshly cleaned.
August 11, 2007
- Coin
  - 1794 12 Heller, Aachen. All of the copper coins from Aachen in this period are quite crude. This one appears to have been struck over another coin. This is particularly obvious on the obverse and it may have simply been struck over another 12 heller piece.
August 8, 2007
- Coin
  - 1808 1 Heller, Bavaria.
August 7, 2007
- Coin
  - 1812 6 Pfennig, Schwarzburg—Rudolstadt. A definite improvement over the original example onsite.
July 27, 2007
- Medal
  - 1842 L'Armée au Duc d'Orleans Prince Royal, France.
- Jeton
  - c. 1840 Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon, France. This interesting piece is clearly from the period when Napoleon's body was transported from St. Helena to France. However it doesn't show up the standard works, at least as far as I've been able to find.
July 17, 2007
- Coins
  - 1793 1 Pfennig, Rostock. Better than the previous one onsite.
  - 1805 3 Pfenning, Osnabruck. While this is a one year type this is struck from different dies than the first example onsite.
July 16, 2007
- Coins
  - 1798 1 Pfenning, Rostock. Off-center and sharpely struck.
  - 1805 1 Heller, Saxony.
June 22, 2007
- Jeton
  - 1840 Translation aux Invalides du corps de Napoléon, France. An inexpensive souvenir from the time that Napoleon's body was returned to France from St. Helena.
- Coin
  - 1810 3 Pfennig, Reuss-Greitz. A worn example but decent for the price.
June 19, 2007
- Coin
  - 1810 ½ Batzen, Canton of Vaud.
May 20, 2007
- Coin
  - 1790 1 Pfennig, Hesse-Darmstadt.
May 19, 2007
- Coin
  - 1802 ½ Stuber, Berg. This duchy is also known as Julich-Berg in some references.
May 18, 2007
- Coin
  - 1814 2 Pfenning, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Another filler of a two year type coin.
May 17, 2007
- Coins
  - 1803 3 Pfennige, Saxony. Like the following coin something of a filler. Though it is my first 1803 Saxony coin.
  - 1811 3 Pfennige, Saxony. Not a great example but it fills in a part of the series.
- Updates
  - I'm now working on the Smith Collection as part of my effort to update all the pictures on the site as well as provide hi-res pictures when you click the smaller images.
May 10, 2007
- Coin
  - 1812 1 Centime, Westphalia. In decent condition, but not great.
May 8, 2007
- Jeton
  - 1801 Paix de Lunéville, France. While a relatively uncommon variant it happens to be the second example onsite. Like this one, the other appears to have been lacquered.
May 7, 2007
- Coins
  - 1808 4 Groschen, Prussia.
  - 1812 10 Centimes, Westphalia. A second example of a relatively scarce coin.
May 5, 2007
- Jeton / Token
  - 1797 ½ Penny token, Great Britain. An interesting token issued by the Burntisland Vitriol Company, located in Scotland.
  - c. 1814 New Honors, Prussia. This jeton appears to have been produced during the First Restoration and has a similar reverse to others that date during this period.
- Coin
  - 1797 ½ Kreuzer, Swiss Cantons. A tiny coin that was also known as a Vierer in the Canton of Solothurn.
May 4, 2007
- Coins
  - 1796 1 Heller, Augsburg. Tiny, cleaned but the first Augsburg heller in my collection.
  - 1803 3 Stuber, Julich-Berg. another small coin from a German state.
May 2, 2007
- Token
  - 1790 ½ Skilling token, Sweden. Probably issued by a copper mining company in response to massive hoarding of metallic money throughout Europe.
April 26, 2007
- Coin
  - 1789 1 Heller, Further Austria. Though this is pretty clearly from the Gunzburg mint in Burgau I couldn't find it listed in Krause.
April 21, 2007
- Medal
  - 1809 King George III Enters the 50th Year of His Reign, Great Britain. A rare medal in silver, this example has seen a bit too much love in its life. But it is a decent example.
April 20, 2007
- Jeton
  - 1809 Cercle littéraire à Lyon, France. A beautiful jeton from a literary club in Lyon. Stunning and uncirculated. Well worth a look.
April 10, 2007
- Medal
  - 1814 Congress of Vienna, German States. A rare Lauer jeton. Only four medals were produced at the time of which this is one. It is unusual in that it shows no less than eight different leaders on an obverse of only 33mm.
April 8, 2007
- Medal
  - 1802 Manchester & Salford Volunteers, Great Britain. An extremely rare and beautiful medal that was privately issued by the Volunteers. So rare that it does not show up in standard references. A must-see, particularly the obverse.
April 4, 2007
- Medal
  - 1803 Electoral Freedom, Great Britain. This medal came about as a result of a suspect election. The gentlemen on this medal won an election for Parliament that was later overturned because it was determined to be fixed. That determination was itself suspect since Birch was opposed to the party in power and the later election returned the government's man instead.
March 30, 2007
- Coin
  - 1796 8 Tornesi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. A two year type coin and the first of this denomination onsite.
March 22, 2007
- Token
  - 1811 1 Penny Token, Great Britain. This is a large copper coin, over 36mm in size and weighing a full ounce. Private coinage issued in Great Britain during the 1790s have the generic name of Conders. The second period of private money happened from about 1811 through 1812 and this belongs to that issuance.
March 21, 2007
- Coin
  - 1792 2 Liards, Austrian Netherlands. Barely above a filler, this coin featured the short-reigned Leopold II.
March 16, 2007
- Coins
  - 1796 1 Kreuzer, Nurnberg. Not great pictures but this tiny coin proved to be quite difficult.
  - 1809 1 Kreuzer, Tyrolean Insurrection.
March 14, 2007
- Coin
  - 1813 1 Lira, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. A filler, but a decent one.
March 7, 2007
- Coin
  - 1793 2 Reales, Spain. Not in great shape but the earliest Spanish piece onsite.
March 5, 2007
- Coin
  - 1791 7 Kreuzer, Freiburg. One of the Swiss Cantons, a nice piece of small silver in excellent shape. It also had a value of 1/8 gulden.
March 3, 2007
- Coin
  - 1796 1 Heller, Saxony. My oldest and lowest denomination coin from Saxony. Plus it's in superb shape.
- Updates
  - For the past two months I've been updating the pictures of over 150 coins from 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799.
February 28, 2007
- Coin
  - 1789 ½ Thaler, Hesse-Cassel. A scarce coin, the oddly brown color is accurate though it's silver.
February 27, 2007 - Happy Birthday Boo!
- Medal
  - 1801 Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, Great Britain. A RR medal that features the Marquis of Cornwallis.
February 19, 2007
- Medal
  - 1813 Entrée du prince d'Orange à Amsterdam, Holland. A scarce medal with a nice view of the city.
February 18, 2007
- Coins
  - 1794 ½ Stuber, Julich-Berg.
  - 1806 3 Groschen, East Prussia.
February 17, 2007
- Coin
  - 1795 3 Kreuzer, Wurzburg. Something of a death token, similar pieces had been issued in 1719, 1724, 1729, 1746, 1749, 1754 and 1779 when previous bishops had died.
February 16, 2007
- Token
  - c. 1794 ½ Penny, Great Britain. This token features the actor Garrick after his passing.
- Coins
  - 1987 1 Rubel, Soviet Union. I don't normally collect modern pieces but this one commemorates the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino.
  - 1987 1 Rubel, Soviet Union. A second type, also commemorating the Battle of Borodino.
  - 1806 3 Kreuzer, Nurnberg. A beautiful little coin though not in the best of shape. It features the only wreath of roses I've ever seen on a coin.
February 15, 2007
- Jeton
  - c. 1807 Alexander the Great, France/German States. A scarce jeton that could easily date from 1806 to 1852. I've chosen the middle Empire period where Napoleon was often compared to Alexander the Great.
January 28, 2007
- Coin
  - 1809 (?) 10 Centimes, France. The date could also be 1808 but it was sold to me as an 1809.
January 23, 2007
- Coin
  - 1808 1 Franc, France. The third example of a Lille strike from this year.
January 13, 2007
- Coins
  - 1807 6 Kreuzer, Bavaria. About as common as they come, the 5th onsite.
  - 1807 6 Kreuzer, Wurttemberg. This is a guess since the date is obscured.
  - 1807 6 Kreuzer, Wurttemberg. A second example with the date showing.
  - 1808 6 Kreuzer, Wurttemberg.
January 12, 2007
- Coins
  - 1805 6 Kreuzer, Further Austria.
  - 1808 6 Kreuzer, Bavaria. One of the most common of Napoleonic era billon coins. This cost about $2 including shipping.
January 7, 2007
- Coin
  - 1791 20 Kreuzer, Austria. From the Kremnitz mint, anything featuring Leopold II in decent shape, like this coin, is worth a look.
January 6, 2007
- Coin
  - 1806 Stuber, Julich-Cleves-Berg.
January 5, 2007
- Coin
  - 1804 3 Stuber, Julich-Cleves-Berg.

Recent Statistics
Month	Medals	Coins	Tokens / Jetons	Paper Money	Ephemera	New Pictures / Updates
July, 2007	1	4	1	--	--	--
June, 2007	--	2	1	--	--	--
May, 2007	--	10	4	--	--	66
April, 2007	4	1	1	--	--	112
March, 2007	--	8	1	--	--	236
February, 2007	2	7	2	--	--	49
January, 2007	--	11	--	--	--	102
Year 2006 Totals	19	83	9	--	--	950
December, 2006	3	11	4	--	--	44
November, 2006	1	10	--	--	--	69
October, 2006	1	11	5	--	--	14
September, 2006	2	14	--	--	--	68
August, 2006	5	1	--	--	--	141
July, 2006	3	4	--	--	--	143
June, 2006	2	14	--	--	--	71
May, 2006	2	3	--	--	--	139
April, 2006	--	3	--	--	--	234
March, 2006	--	2	--	--	--	5
February, 2006	--	7	--	--	--	9
January, 2006	--	1	--	--	--	13
Year 2005 Totals	66	123	49	4	8	248
Year 2004 Totals	39	39	25	1	1	5
Year 2003 Totals	103	130	70	3	--	113
Year 2002 Totals	86	201	54	4	1	60
Year 2001 Totals	61	71	52	5	5	51
Year 2000 Totals	103	92	86	14	5	12

Recent Additions & Changes