Historical Coins

A collection of historical coins and medals from different eras, showcasing unique designs and inscriptions, reflecting economic and cultural history.

Shilling, emergency coin of Jacobus II, king of England, from August 1689, Anonymous, 1689 coin. siege coin Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: Kroon, which means two crossed scepters stab between monogram of letters J and R; Above Kroon Roman numeral XXX, under the crown inscription "Augt." inside change Ireland copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Ireland
Shilling, emergency coin of Jacobus II, king of England, from August 1689, Anonymous, 1689 coin. siege coin Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: Kroon, which means two crossed scepters stab between monogram of letters J and R; Above Kroon Roman numeral XXX, under the crown inscription "Augt." inside change Ireland copper (metal) striking (metalworking) Ireland
Installation of the provisional reign of Belgium 1830 ,, 1830 history medal Bronze medal, on the front five lines of text within an oak wreath, with a change, on the reverse three lines of text within a laurel wreath, with a change.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)'s-Hertogenbosch, Vroedschapkenning on Lodewijk Willem Ernst, Duke of Brunswijk-Wolfenbuttel, Governor of' s-Hertogenbosch for 25 years, Theodorus Victor van Berckel, 1776  Silver medal. Front: View of Stad from the south side under Pennant with inscription and monogram of letters S and C; Above city: Flying angel with coat of arms in the hands within Kerschrift. Reverside: Woman with coat of arms, palm and olive branch, representing city 's-Hertogenbosch, brings Hertog tribute inside; Cut: Inscription. s Hertogenbosch silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  s HertogenboschRuler: Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 86-161, ruled A.D. 138-161, Mint: Nicaea, Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome fromNicaea, 145, Bronze, 54.13 g, 7:00, 42.6mm, Made in Nicaea, Bithynia, Roman, 2nd century A.D., NumismaticsPrison in 's -Hertogenbosch, house currency worth five cents, Hendrikus Wansink, 1824 - 1831 coin One -sided coin. Front: Value designation under Roosje with four leaves. Reverse: Blanco. the Bosch tin plate striking (metalworking)  the BoschNeighborhood of the Veerkade in The Hague, Neighborhood Medal with No. 1, Anonymous, 1653  Brass medal. Front: Sailing ship to the left; Op stern: man under the flag in the change. Reverside: Inscription above number no. 1 The Hague brass (alloy) casting / engraving  WaterFrederik Hendrik, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), 1626-1669  one -sided plaque. Front: breastpiece man. Reverse: Blanco Amsterdam lead (metal) castingUnknown Gilde, Gildepenning with inscription Hoofmans Order, Anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1700 medal Brass oval medal. Front: Crowned hammer between letters K and B inside blower. Reverse: inscription Inside Bladerkrans, presumably a guild pin.  brass (alloy) engravingB. van Nes, Fifty years of Schout and Secretary Van Schooten, Akendam, Schoterbos, Schotervliland, Haarlemmerlid and Hoffambagt, secretary in Tetterode, Aalbertsberg and Vogelesangh, Johan George Holtzhey, 1768  Silver medal. Front: messing around, to which another branch grows; Below that are a team, a shield in which a snake bites, a fishnet, a scale, a bull with seal, a book with writing utensils and blocks of wood, shot by radiant round in which letter L can be read within Omschrift; Cut: year interrupted by a HELLMD coat of arms. Reverse: Inscription Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Shots. Akendam. Schoterbos. Schotervlieland. Haarlemmerliede. Hoffambagt. Tetterode. Aalbertsberg. Bird songBattle of Nieuwpoort, Anonymous, 1600 live Copper medal. Front: battle by the sea; In the background: Dunes and ships at sea inside Covering. Reverse: Crowned coat of arms Inside Cover Utrecht copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Nieuwpoort (Belgium). UtrechtTwenty -five -year marriage of Ewout van Dishoeck, lord of Domburg, ordinaris Council of Indie, Admiraal, Kiesheer, Ships and Council of Middelburg and Adriana van Disheck, Martin Holtzhey, 1733  Silver medal. Front: standing in front of a large triumphal arch, man and woman give each other hand above altar, for which boy with coat of arms is sitting, on the basis and facade inscriptions within the change; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: two women, one with flower in hands and other with laurel wreath and ship's rudder keep canvas with inscription for column, on which inscription stands above two ribbons under a crown -bound coats of arms; Cut: Inscription. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Domburg. MiddelburgProvost of merchants: Martin Langlois, 1595 (dummy title) Medal of a Merchant Provost: Martin Langlois. Brass. 1595.City of Tournai, Calculation for the aldermen, Anonymous, 1652 live Copper medal. Front: coat of arms in cartouche under the year. Tours side: Inscription above decorative motif  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  TorlativeNomos fromMetapontum.  Mint: MetapontumFight in Walburg near Liège, Anonymous, 1830 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Inside the Omschrift and Pearl edge: to the Lion Right. Reversal: Inscriptions. Belgium bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Chartreuse. Citadelle. Sint-WalburgLife with HV 1830 24, Anonymous, 1830  one -sided lead. Front: Inscription HV 1830 24. Down: Blanco  lead (metal) striking (metalworking)Mite from Flanders from Lodewijk I van Crécy, 1322-1346 ,, 1322 - 1346 coin Front: Indoor decoration letter L. Turn side: Long -Feeded Cross. Aalst silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Dukaat from the Archdiocese of Salzburg by Hieronymus von Colloredo, 1787 ,, 1787 coin Gold coin. Front: portrait of the bishop to the right, including letter M = engraver Matzenkopf. Rail side: on crowned mantle, behind which bishops staff and sword, coat of arms, above which cross with bisshop hats. Year at the bottom. Cable edge.  gold (metal) striking (metalworking)Fifty -year marriage of Adriaan van Loon and Cornelia Hunthum, Anonymous, 1706  Silver medal. Front: man and woman, each with a coat of arms, holding up wreath together, standing for burning altar with two burning torches and medal with inscription L inside. Reverse: Inscription Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Death of Niklaas Jan Rouppe, mayor of Brussels, Adrien Hippolyte Veyrat, 1838 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription under Crowned Medallon of St. Michael Inside Omnipia and Sierrand Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  BrusselsGebhard Leberecht, Vorst Blucher of Wahlstatt, Karl Friedrich Schinkel (Copy After), 1815  One -sided plaque. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Blanco  copper (metal) gildingDish of the Spanish Armada, Anonymous, 1588 copy. history medal Copper medal. Front: disguised ships of Armada suffer shipwreck within the change. Reverse: Coat of arms Inside Cover Zeeland copper (metal) castingCopper 1 cent coin from 1838, Anonymous, 1838 coin Copper coin of 1 cent from 1838. Front: inscription. Reverse: crowned weapon with lion in it. To the left of the weapon a 1 and right of the weapon a C. The coin is in an envelope with inscription.  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Dutch East Indies, TheSecond century celebration on the delivery of the Augsburg Creed on the Reichstag, Willem de Wijs, 1730 history medal Silver medal. Front: German Empire, depicted as a crowned woman, receives from Luther's creed from Luther; Cut: Inscription within Capecting. Reverse: Angel with rays of blisters in clouds holds a pair of inscription inside her head. Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Synod van Dordrecht, François Schillemans, 1619 history medal. medal Silver medal. Front: Meeting room with in the middle table with people and around benches with people inside Covering. Reverse: sanctuary on mountain top, which is climbed by people within Kerschruik. Dordrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  DordrechtIncentive to Flanders to choose the side of the rebellious regions after the Battle of Nieuwpoort, Anonymous, 1600 live Copper medal. Front: Hand from clouds extends freedom to Leeuw, which is chained to column with inscription Fland; In the background Fort and Sea with ships inside Cover. Reverse: Stack of burning weapons; Right: plate with inscription on the Paal Inside Capers. Dordrecht copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Nieuwpoort (Belgium). FlandersCoronation of Tsarina Anna in Moscow 1730, G.F. Reibisch, 1730 history medal Tinen medal, on the front the bust of Tsarina Anna to the right with a change, on the downside Anna who receives scepter, Kroon and Globe from three goddesses, with a change and cut -out text.  tin (metal) striking (metalworking)Conquest of La Capelle, Jean Mauger, 1699 - 1703 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Breastpiece Jongeman (Lodewijk XIV) within Covering. Reverse: Printed Stedemag Seated for army tents within Overschrift. Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  The Capelle-en-Thiérache. PicardiëTwo-thirds Taler from Brunswijk-Wolfenbuttel van August Wilhelm, 1716 ,, 1716 coin Silver coin. Front: Crowned monogram of the frost. Reverse: Horse in gallop to the left. In cut-out value designation and year. Smooth edge. Clausthal-Zellerfeld silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionMedal of Universite de Paris,1215-1895.  Subject: University of Paris Mint: Paris Artist: Jules-Clément Chaplain, French, 1839-1909Flanders campaign (main title), 1667. Bronze copper alloy. Red brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I 307 CE-337 CE Trier. The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Constantine.On the back (reverse) a Genius is depicted standing.. Bronze . Ancient RomanDeath of Gijsbert Voetius, professor in Utrecht and member of the Synod van Dordrecht, Anonymous, 1676 history medal Silver medal. Front: inscription Inside Capers. Reverse: inscription. Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  UtrechtHollandse Dang, 1702, Province of Holland, 1702 coin Copper mint. Front: Inside fence standing lion with freedom hat on spear. Reversal: Inscription: Provincial name in three lines, including year. Front and downside are engraved on the death of Willem III Dordrecht copper (metal) engraving5 cents with Haiti, 1905 ,, 1905 coin Copper-nickel mint. Front: head of the president to the left. Under that year. Reverse: Palm tree rising from drum, behind which banners. Left and right of drum two guns, including stacking bullets. Below that banderol with spell. At the bottom of the value designation: 5. Smooth edge.  nickel (metal) striking (metalworking)50 Pfennig Uit Duitsland, German countries, 1949 ,, 1949 coin Nickel. Front: sitting woman who plants tree. Year at the bottom. Reverse: Value designation in two lines, between which Letter D. beaten in Mùnchen. Cartel edge.  nickel (metal) striking (metalworking)Centenary of the Reformation 1630, Sebastian Dadler, 1630 history medal Silver Penning beaten, on the front the viewing bust of Elector Johan van Saxony with hat and sword, between four small coats of arms, with a change, eleven lines of text under a small ornament on the reverse.  silver (metal)William III's Throne established, D. Koene, 1691 history medal Silver oval medal. Front: Breastpiece Man with laurel wreath Displaced by celestial light above crowned coat of arms worn by lion and unicorn within Lauwerkrans and Dischanging. Rail side: Four warriors representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Holland defend an Oranjeboom; cut: inscription; Kantschrift. Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Franc from Luxembourg by Charlotte, 1924 ,, 1924 coin Nickel. Front: Crowned monogram of the letters C and H. Reverside: against the background of industrial activities stoker with shovel to the right. To his right value indication. Year in cut. Cartel edge. Brussels nickel (metal) striking (metalworking)50 Groschen from the Republic of Austria, 1946, 1946 coin Aluminum mint. Front: Crowned eagle with coat of arms of Austria on the chest, hammer and sickle and broken chains. Year at the bottom. Reverse: Coat of arms of Austria, on which value designation and including the year. As a re-a value indication again. Cartel edge.  aluminum (metal) striking (metalworking)Bombardment of Algiers, in honor of Lord Exmouth, Louis Brenet, 1816 history medal Iron medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Crowned Neptune stands with a foot on the earth with a fishing cake, ready to stab with his trident; Cut: Inscription. England iron (metal) striking (metalworking)  AlgiersMedal on the mediation offered by the German emperor, jeton utility medal medal exchange buyer, Dutch virgin leaning on escutcheon resting in her garden; through open fence two envoys with olive branch in hand; in the background approaching Spanish army, omschrift PAX. PATET. INSIDIIS (peace is open to the layers) in cut-off 15 (rose) 91 Germany Spain Dutch VirginRyal from Persia of Fateh Ali Shah, 1212-1250 AH = 1798-1835, 1238 ,, 1823 coin Silver coin. Front: Inside Circle in Arabic characters Inscription in four lines: Name of the Shah.Rondom Circle wide, smooth edge. Reverse: Inside Circle in Arabic characters in four lines including coinage designation: Tabriz. In between year: 1238. Around circle wide, smooth edge. Cable edge.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Polish kingdom, Russian partition (1832-1841), 1 ½ ruble / 10 zlotys, St. Petersburg; 1834 Petersburg mintHEBREO. ESPAÑA. AMULETO datado en el siglo V. Museo Sefardí. Toledo. Castilla-La Mancha.Italian, 14th and 15th century. Medals. UnknownGaming Piece , c.1700. Martin Brunner (German, 1659-1725). Wood; diameter: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.).Smidsgilde van Goes, gildepenning met no. 7, anonymous, 1637 medal Brass medal with hole in it. Front: Crowned pre -stroke hammer between the year. Reverse: Inscription Boven figure 7 Goes brass (alloy) casting / engraving  GoesCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionThe Stephen Douglas CampaignMedal.   Subject: Stephen Arnold Douglas, American, 1813-1861Copper exit of a double penny from Kampen, 1670 - 1685 coin Copper mint. Front: between value designation 2 s generality lion. Reverse: Tweeregelig inscription. Exit in copper. Match copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Inauguration of Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, Penning handed out among school children, Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen, 1898 history medal Silver medal to wear and carrying ring. Front: breastpiece Woman with diadem inside Cover. Downside: Helmde Woman, representing the Netherlands, holds kisses in her vast hands on which Kroon lies; There is history in front of her, who writes with a pen on tableau; In the foreground right coat of arms surrounded by lauwert branches. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Three Coins, Anonymous, 1879 photograph Above: Mint with portrait of an unknown man, below: Mint with an allegory and a coin with a portrait of Maria de 'Medici  photographic support albumen print coin10 Cash of the Empire Chin of the Tartar emperor Shih Tsung under the government name Ta -Este, 1161 -1189 ,, 1161 -1189 coin Copper amulet. Front: Inside wide raised edge around square recess in the middle four cross -way Chinese signs, two of which are meaning: Ta ting. Reverse: Inside wide rande around square recess in the middle, four Chinese signs.  copper (metal) casting