Can someone with expertise in German States coins help me identify this coin? I can’t tell if it is a KM 1210, KM 1211, or KM 1213. All the corresponding images in the Numista catalog all look alike to me on both sides of the coin. What am I missing?
First, please give us the link to the coin in numista. That would save everybody wanting to help you to search for the coin. Think about your helpers, I'll not do anything before you do YOUR work, if you want to be helped.
the reverses? Are they all the same as well? Really, take your time to study what you have between you fingers and the documention at hand. You might learn something by doing it.
Sorry for being harsh, next time do YOUR own research, please.
Verweis : "Sjoelund"the reverses? Are they all the same as well? Really, take your time to study what you have between you fingers and the documention at hand. You might learn something by doing it.
Sorry for being harsh, next time do YOUR own research, please.
Links have been added to the original post. The reverses all look the same to me. I DID take my time twice and studied what I have between my fingers. If I had it figured out I wouldn't be asking for help on this forum.
Verweis : "Sjoelund"First, please give us the link to the coin in numista. That would save everybody wanting to help you to search for the coin. Think about your helpers, I'll not do anything before you do YOUR work, if you want to be helped.
KM 1210 has no mention of edge lettering.
KM 1211 has no mention of edge lettering - mentions 'smaller text'. The lettering style looks slightly different.
KM 1213 mentions edge lettering.
It seem kind of confusing to me as well, hope that helps.
KM 1210 DOES mention edge lettering
KM 1211 does mention smaller text. But if there is a difference it actually appears slightly LARGER to me. Very subtle if any difference at all.
BTW the coin I have does have the edge lettering mentioned in KM 1210 and KM 1213.
Verweis : "lhillman"KM 1210 DOES mention edge lettering
KM 1211 does mention smaller text. But if there is a difference it actually appears slightly LARGER to me. Very subtle if any difference at all.
BTW the coin I have does have the edge lettering mentioned in KM 1210 and KM 1213.
I stand corrected about the edge lettering. Even though the 'small letters' look larger - coin books often don't describe these correctly. I would pay more attention to the letter style. If somebody has a Krause with more information. That may help.
Best of luck
zac
From this KM book, Standard Catalog of German Coins 1501 - Present 3rd edition (2011) English, I found the following, in the order they appear in that book:
I don't have more documentation from Saxony
If the information Sjoelund provided in his penultimate post is accurate, I can rule out KM 1213. According to the pictures in his post the KM 1213 has a complete circle separating the legend from the crest on the reverse. My coin does not have that. If that is indeed the case, the image provided for the KM 1213 in the Numista catalog must not be correct as it does not have the aforementioned circle.
In the latest post by Sjoelund (in German), they are discussing two PRUSSIAN coins which is irrelevant to the discussion of my Saxony coin.
So far it appears my coin is either a KM 1210 or a KM 1211. The apparent difference between the two is that the KM 1211 has smaller print in the legend which I am so far unable to appreciate.
