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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: ElleKitty on March 28, 2009, 10:25:04 AM

Title: The coolest coin I've ever bought. :D
Post by: ElleKitty on March 28, 2009, 10:25:04 AM

Normal day at the coin dealer's shop today.  Got to go through a box from the back, and I found quite possibly the coolest coin I've ever seen.

(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/961493.jpg)
1610NB, 1 Groschen of Prince Gabriel Bathory of Transylvania.  The full legend is readable, if not perfect.  We settled on a grade of VF for it.  :D  I love my new vampire coin!

Also picked these two goodies up, along with some more standard fare:

(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/961492.jpg)
Japanese 1 rin coin, (1/1000th of a yen) Meiji 17, dated 1884.  This is the last year of issue for this coin.

(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/961491.jpg)
1 cent, Prince Edward Island, 1871.  The coin is actually a beautiful chocolate brown with wear on the high points only.  My scanner butchered the details, but I haven't gotten around to trying to photograph it properly yet. 

EnjoY!

KT

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Post by: Triggersmob on March 28, 2009, 10:43:36 AM

Very nice, Kitty.

I love the 1 Groschen.

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Post by: Nighthawk on March 28, 2009, 12:22:45 PM

AWESOME coins, Miss Kitty! Thanks for sharing!  :)

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Post by: edix on March 28, 2009, 03:21:32 PM

Great coin!
I don't know if Prince Gabriel Báthory of Transylvania was considered an actual vampire, like say, Vlad the Impaler. But a distant cousin of his, and a contemporary, Countess Elizabeth Báthory, was known as the Blood Countess, a serial killer who was rumored to bathe in the blood of virgins to maintain youthful looks.

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Post by: Nighthawk on March 28, 2009, 10:55:08 PM

Quote from: edix on March 28, 2009, 03:21:32 PM

Countess Elizabeth Báthory, was known as the Blood Countess, a serial killer who was rumored to bathe in the blood of virgins to maintain youthful looks.

What a screwball!!!  :D

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Post by: Templar on March 29, 2009, 09:18:40 AM

BECAUSE SHE WAS ROYALTY--SHE WAS BRICKED UP IN HER ROOM--AND LEFT TO DIE--HER SERVANT WAS TORTURED TO DEATH---THE NUMBER OF YOUNG GIRLS KILLED FOR THEIR BLOOD WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED--BUT THE KILLINGS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED BATHING IN THEIR BLOOD WOULD KEEP HER YOUNG-----YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!

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Post by: Eringobraugh on March 29, 2009, 10:42:10 AM

Just saw a documentary on her and Vlad on the history channel....very interesting coin

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Post by: S.George on April 06, 2009, 01:14:29 AM

 :D

Dear Kitty:

I like the Croschen und Prince Edward Island coins.   

George

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Post by: EgCollector on June 16, 2009, 09:31:42 PM

Very nice coins, congratultions  :)