Found some Ancient coins in my Mailbox !!

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello,

Well another Christmas has gone by and my brother is at it again... He is away in Denmark teaching computer science as a collage professor. Most you know he is aware I collect coins and sends me some strange world coins every Christmas. He has come up with some amazing finds, anyway here is what he sent from DENMARK this year. He sent me a little quiz with the coins wanting me to ID them and well, I need all the help I can get...(Year, denomination, and country) If anyone knows what these coins are please do tell !! Ok, so here they are pictured bellow the last picture is for size only !!

Best of luck in 2012 Everyone !!
Keep @ It and HH !!

 

[sscindercoop]

Awesome

 

[Marchas45]

First one is easy, British Penny the rest I have know idea.

 

[SeatedorBust]

great coins

 

[relicminer]

I've never thought of checking my mailbox...lol...

 

[Mackaydon]

Christian IX of Denmark; reign: 1863-1906 one krone (duh)
Another coin (1563): 1 skilling Frederik II 1559-1588: King of Denmark and Norway
Celtic gold coin (wild guess there)
Don.....

 

[Glenns5900]

Where do you set the VDI and ground balance when detecting your mailbox?

 

[hikeinmts]

Bet you have to set the discriminate level pretty high, unless you have one of those homemade wooden mail boxes.......then
big nails would drive a person nuts.
BUT......think I'll sneak out a little later and check mine........probably have a little more trouble than you, as I live in an apartment
and have about 40 metal mail boxes v-e-r-y close to each other. (Hope the neighbors will understand.)

Sounds like you and your brother have a great game.

 

[TheDane]

Hi MUD(S.W.A.T)

Those are some very fine old coins !

Did your brother find the coins metal detecting or did he buy them?

Greetings from Denmark
The Dane

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hey everyone, thanks for the kind words... Yeah it was kinda a strange single it jumped from overload to penny/dime...

Christian IX of Denmark; reign: 1863-1906
Another coin (1563): 1 skilling Frederik II 1559-1588: King of Denmark and Norway
Celtic gold coin (wild guess there)
Don.....

Haha nice, thank you but no gold....

Hi MUD(S.W.A.T)

Those are some very fine old coins !

Did your brother find the coins metal detecting or did he buy them?

Greetings from Denmark
The Dane

Hey thank you, do you know what the coins are ? He bought them from a coin dealer. Make sure you say hello to my brother for me

Thanks again everyone,
Keep @ It and HH !!

 

[TheDane]

Hello again

I think the newer coins have already been determined.

The smal coin is a so called "civil war coin".

I have investigated a bit about it, but it took me some time as there are so many different types of them.

Your coin is from the danish King Erik Menved, who was born 1274 and was king from 1286 - 1319.
He was son of King Erik Klipping.
Erik Menved died childless in 1319 and was succeded by his younger brother Christoffer II.

These "civil war coins" (danish: Borgerkrigsmønter) are all made of very poor silver with a large content of cupper.

Your coin has the number MB 350 (MB = Mansfeld-Bûllner)
It was minted in the town Roskilde.

You can see the coin in the links below.

See no. 350:
http://www.danskmoent.dk/mb/em_rosk.htm

http://www.danskmoent.dk/mb/mb350.htm

According to a book written by the coin expert Jørgen Sømod the coin can be dated to the period before 1316.

TheDane