1/2 Reichstaler 1621,
under Wilhelm V of Hesse-Kassel as administrator.
Condition: ef+
city of Besançon,
3 Pistols 1666 with title Charles V.
Condition: CH UNC
Bavaria, Chaise d'or (imperial shield)
1328-1347 under Emperor Louis IV.
Condition: ef
Eastern Celts,
Tetradrachm (3rd-2nd century BC).
Condition: ef
Reichstaler 1654-1668
under Count Guidobald von Thun.
Condition: vf-ef
Halfpenny-Token 1794,
Kent-Dover.
Condition: MS65 BN
Siegesthaler 1871 under Johann.
Condition: vf-ef
Solidus (491-518)
under Anastasius the righteous.
Condition: vf-ef
Sesterz (225-227) Orbiana,
wife of Severus Alexander.
Condition: ef
Ducat 1676 under Leopold I.
Condition: vf
Archive: People and Markets
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