My Christmas Present

[TypeCoin971793]

This was my Christmas present from my aunt. I had been looking into getting one of these for a while, but I never got the chance. The pictures don't really show it, but it is a white coin that is fully lustrous. It is rather beautiful in person. What do you guys think?

 

[bighoss1975]

Awesome!! Is it Roman??

 

[BigWaveDave]

does that read 1547?.. ok you win

 

[TypeCoin971793]

Awesome!! Is it Roman??

It's from midieval Latvia. The coin itself came from Lithuania.

 

[TypeCoin971793]

does that read 1547?.. ok you win

Yup. 1547, which makes this the earliest dated coin I own. Not quite the earliest coin dated with Arabic numerals (1456), but it sure is closer than most. It's very pretty in person.

 

[Koffee]

That is a gem of a coin congratulations.

Cheers - Koffee

 

[TheCoinKid]

Very nice!

 

[huntsman53]

TypeCoin,

Congrats on a really nice Christmas Present!

Poland-Lithuania, Grand Duke Sigismund II Augustus (1546-1572), 1/2 Groschen, 1558, Vilnius Mint

Poland

Scroll down to the 7th and 8th coins at the link above.


Frank