By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Link to Part 1 5.) Irene of Athens Like much of the Middle Ages, the history of the Byzantine Empire is fascinating and complex. Unfortunately, it’s not a familiar topic to many Americans. Numismatically, it’s an exceedingly rich field of study, and the next woman […]
The post Top 10 Women on World Coins, Part 2 appeared first on CoinWeek.
Vienna Philharmonic Gold Coin By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, […]
The post The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Joël van Dam – Owner of Joëlnumismatics, for MA-Shops.com …… The thaler is, with its impressive weight (around 30g), an innovative silver-type coin that was invented in the late 15th century. For me it is one of the most impressive kind of coin ever minted after the classical era. It was the archduke Sigismund […]
The post MA-Shops: Impressive Thaler Coins of Various Dates appeared first on CoinWeek.
Maria Theresa’s influence over the Austrian monetary system goes well beyond the famous silver coin that carries her image. In this CoinWeek video, we sit with Anna Fabiankowitsch, Numismatic Curator at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, to discuss the coins, banknotes, and medals of Maria Theresa’s reign and their importance beyond Austria’s borders. This video was made […]
The post CoinWeek IQ: A Legacy in Coins – Maria Theresa – 4K Video appeared first on CoinWeek.
The Mint of Austria have issued a new coin that marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Habsburg Empire’s only female ruler, Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780), who became empress on the death of her father, Emperor Charles VI (1685–1740), Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor.
The remarkable story of the empress began with her accession to the many thrones within the Austrian Empire, starting with the Austrian War of Succession, which beleaguered her rule for seven years but eventually secured her place on the Hapsburg throne until her death in 1780
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and […]
The post The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and Austria. […]
The post The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and Austria. […]
The post The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Ron Drzewucki – www.moderncoinwholesale.com…. Originally posted on Ron’s blog at www.moderncoinwholesale.com on 1/5/2015. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve […]
The post The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint appeared first on CoinWeek.
By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek… The broad silver coin known everywhere today as the Maria Theresa taler is familiar to many numismatists in the United States and the world over. However, fewer collectors have ever paused to give the coin the really close examination it deserves, or delved into its colorful two-century history and […]
The post The Maria Theresa Taler – A Coin for the Centuries, Part I appeared first on CoinWeek.