Testone, “big head”, is the name of silver coins that were introduced in 15th-century Italy. They are particularly large and heavy coins featuring the portrait of a ruler. Here you can see a magnificent testone by Ercole I d’Este, the Duke of Ferrara from around 1500.
Today’s puzzle is a 1547 taler of Elector Moritz of Saxony.
Today’s puzzle is a 1625 ½ krone of Christian IV of Denmark.
Today’s puzzle is a Katanga cross from southern Kongo.
Today’s puzzle is a Dobla Excelente (c.1497 ) of the “Catholic Monarchs” Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile.
In the 5th century, new rulers established themselves in the Western Roman Empire – and they often had little experience in coinage. This gold coin imitates a solidus of the Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius, but it was minted in Gaul under the Merovingian King Clovis I.
Today’s puzzle is a 100 CHF Swiss gold coin, a so-called Vreneli, of 1925.
Today’s puzzle is a German 1 Pfennig 1950 with the characteristic oak sprig.
Today’s puzzle is a teau of feather money, wrapped in palm leaves from the Santa Cruz Islands.
Today’s puzzle is a groat (c.1553-1558) of Maria I of England, “Bloody Mary”.
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