2 Julio 2017: Holas Amigos of the Coin & Paper Money chatting board. Heron continues the ongoing effort to assist in keeping this coin chatting place alive. And tso Heron reports Central & Oest item Nr 327.
The Coin: Lindau am Bodensee - Pfennig -Copper -full date 1691- 12.5mm dia.
This is an Einseitiger coin. It has design on one side only:
Einseit: 5 leafed Linden tree - Date 1691.
Some History of Lindau am Bodensee:
882 - First written record of this island by a monk from St. Gallen.
1275- Became Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
1275- Population 24,454.
1803- Ownership transferred to Bretzenheim.
1804- Ownership to Austria.
1805- Ownership to Bavaria.
1806 - End of Holy Roman Empire.
2015- Population 25,132.
Notes:
Lindau is an island in the Bodensee.
Coat of Arms is Linden Tree.
Famous Citizens:
Achilles Gasser - Physician & Historian 1505-1577.
[Heron comentario: seems like an 'odd' combination?
Perhaps Achilles wrote history when he had no patients?]
Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein - painter 1588-1653.
Info Sources:
Lindau - wik.
NGC coin info.
Muenzhandlungmanfred.
NGW - NL/Heraldry of the woild /gemeindewappen-kreiswappen.
List of States Holy Roman Empire - wik.
KM Catalog German States coins.
Lindau - encyclopedia Britannica.
Fortschreibungdesbevolkerungsstandes- Bayerisches Landesamt fur Statistik
und datenverarbeitung- 2016.
** Another neat Copper coin added to Heron's small accumulation! A neat item
with a Coat of Arms and full date. Nada mas! Simple but straightforward.
This coin has been on Heron's 'want list' since 1981. It is always a super fun time when we can draw that line through the want list listing.
And the search continues. We never know where a small 'treasure' will be found!
Anywhere from Hong Kong to Latvia or even Hackensack. This Lindau coin arrived from Osnabrucke. Seven days enroute! Good delivery time. What a fun hobby!
Regardos.
