30 Mayo 2017: Greetings to all coin collectors anywhere! Heron is pleased to report a local acquisition & addition to the accumulation of different issuing entities of Central & Oest Europa. Heron hopes that these 'reports' help keep this Coin & Paper Money chatting board alive for a few more months. This is different issuing entity item #323:
The Coin: Sachsen-Meiningen - 1 Krevzer - full date 1786 - Billon - 14.5mm dia.
Obverse: Crowned Arms of Sachsen-Meiningen.
Reverse: 1
KREVZER
LANDMUNZ
1786
A Short History:
888 - The Sachsen Margraviate is mentioned.
1137 - Sachsen Barony 1st mentioned.
1680 - Sachsen-Meiningen partitioned from Sachsen-Gotha.
1918 - End of Duchy November 1918.
Some Notes: From 1680 to 1910 Sachsen-Meiningen accumulated the following
areas: Wasungen & Salzungen, Massfeld & Sand, Herrenreitungen,
Stepfershausen, Saalfeld, Sonneberg, Utendorf, Henneberg,
Hildsburghausen, Kamburg, & Kranichfeld [Cranefield in Englitch].
Ruler in 1786 was Georg I [1782 - 1803].
Sachsen-Meiningen was State of Holy Roman Empire 1680 to 1806.
Area of Sachsen-Meingen in 1905 was 953 square miles. For comparison, Los
Angeles County is 4,058 square miles. And Orange County California
is 948 square miles.
Comentario: It appears that the rulers of Sachsen-Meiningen were 'collectors'.
They apparently collected towns & counties like we collect coins!
Some Info Sources per demand:
Munzenaukdeutschlandinfo.
Map Ernestine Sachsen Duchies 1826 - wik.
NGC world coin info.
Munzenhandlungloebber.
eBay coins Sachsen-Meiningen.
Munzenhandlunggolding.
KM Catalog World Coins 1601 -----.
Allen's Coin Info.
Sachsen-Meiningen Wik.
List of States Holy Roman Empire - Wik.
Los Angeles County - Wik.
Orange County California Wik.
**Well, another neat coin added to the slowly growing accumulation. Finding different items is now becoming difficult. However, the quest never ends, or at least does not end until the plump lady ist zingen! A great hobby por seguro!
Regardos.**
