16 Julio 2017 - Greetings to all coin collectors where-ever you might be! Heron continues the effort to keep this coin chatting place alive. Heron is pleased to report the acquisition of Europa C&O Number 329.
The Coin:
Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont - 1 Pfennig - 1845A - Copper - 18mm dia.
Obverse: Crowned dual Coat of Arms of Waldeck & Pyrmont.
Legend "360 EINEN THALER''.
Reverse: I
PFENNIG
1845
A
A Condensed History:
1625 - Waldeck inherited Pyrmont.
1712 - Waldeck & Pyrmont united as a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
1805 - During the Napoleonic Wars Pyrmont was separate Principality.
1812 - Waldeck and Pyrmont re-united.
[Kinda reminds Heron of a song from 1978-1979]
1815 - Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont confirmed by The Congress Vienna.
W&P became a member of Germanian Confederation.
1868 - Administered by Prussia by mutual consent.
1871 - Waldeck & Pyrmont became Principality of new German Empire.
1919 - Became a Freie Stadt of the Weimar Republic.
Notes:
Heron starts the Waldeck & Pyrmont union as of 1625. Long time readers of this
Coin & Paper Money chatting place might recall Heron's previous reports:
Report #297 - Waldeck 1/2 Batz 1589.
Report #211 - Pyrmont IIII Pfennig 1761.
Ruler 1845 - Georg Heinrich [Georg II].
Word Waldeck is compound noun consisting of word Wald and word Eck.
Wald is woods or forest and Eck means 'corner'. So the place known as Wald~Eck
would be 'the corner of the woods'. Or 'corner of the forest'.
Titles of Prince - "Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of
Hohenack/Geroldseck am Wasgau".
Info Sources:
AlmanachdeGotha - org/waldeck.
List of States Holy Roman Empire - wikit.
KM Catalog World Coins.
Maps - Waldeck-Pyrmont wikcommons.
German Confederation - Wik.
NGC world coin info.
Waldeck - wik.
Googly coin images for W/P.
Pyrmont - wik.
**This coin was a fun find for el Heron. A follow-through on the history of Waldeck and the history of Pyrmont. All the way to 1919!. And now the history of Waldeck, Pyrmont and Waldeck-Pyrmont is completed. Plus acquiring another different coin issuing entity for Number 329 of Heron's small accumulation. What a great hobby is coin collecting!**
