Hello everyone,
I'll preface this by saying I'm not a coin hound at all. I've done some cursory research but I keep coming up empty-handed.
Anyways I'm trying to find a type of German coin from 1622 that would have been minted and used in the Bonfeld area. I've tracked down an ancestor from there and I'd like to have a small piece of history from that time and place.
It's my understanding that Bonfeld would have been part of the Holy Roman Empire at that point but it also would have been exposed to the “Kipper und Wipper” coin debasing, meaning a small denomination coin that says “Hohenlohe” may not have actually been minted in Hohenlohe.
I've been seeing some coins online that are vaguely from the area but I'm not sure how to tell if they'd be real or debased without inspecting them in person.
Any help or tips to find an authentic coin from this time/place would be appreciated.