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Germany, Medal, Mayence

Quality MS(60-62)
€8.090
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Detailed description

VL.3, p.415.

Phaeton, French embodiment, thunderstruck by an eagle, the Empire.

Par Philippe Heinrich Müller. Le siège de Mayence est un épisode de la guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg. En 1685, à la mort du dernier électeur palatin Charles II, sans héritier, Louis XIV tira prétexte du mariage de son frère Philippe d'Orléans avec la sœur de l'électeur, pour revendiquer plusieurs territoires du Palatinat. En 1688, il envahit la rive gauche du Rhin de l'Alsace à Cologne et, selon son fameux mot d'ordre « Brûlez le Palatinat », des villes comme Heidelberg, Worms ou Spire sont transformées en un monceau de ruines. Devant Mayence, les troupes françaises se présentèrent cette même année. Malgré les fortifications de la ville, l'archevêque Anselme-François d'Ingelheim préféra capituler, avec seulement une garnison de 800 miliciens face aux 20 000 soldats français. Mayence tomba pour la première fois aux mains des Français. En 1689, les armées de secours du Saint-Empire commandées par le duc Charles V de Lorraine n'atteignirent la ville que le 16 juin. Le gouverneur français Jacques Henri de Durfort défendit vaillamment la forteresse de Mayence. La ville fut libérée après trois mois de siège et de bombardement le 8 septembre 1689, ce que commémore notre médaille. Au droit, la légende signifie "Mayence, arrachée à l'Empire par la mauvaise foi des Français, y a été réunie par la valeur des Allemands" et au revers, la légende est tirée d'Ovide "Il arrêtera le feu par le feu"

MOGVNTIACVM // GALLORVVM FRAVDE EREPTVM VIRTVS GERMANORVM RESTITVIT 1689

COMPESCET IGNIBVS IGNES / INCENDIT QVACVNQVE INCEDIT

44.7 gr

  • Country: Germany
  • Denomination: Medal
  • Year: 1689
  • Composition: Silver
  • Diameter: 49
  • Certification: NGC
  • Grade: MS60
  • Certification Number: 6141732-003
  • Medal engraver: P. H. Müller
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  • Our coin condition comments: superb quality
  • Coin rarity: very rare
  • Packaging: encapsulated coin
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NumisCorner catalog reference: 971598
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With this collectible item, you also acquire:
Silver

Silver

Silver can fall into your pocket but also falls between copper and gold in group 11 of the periodic table. Three metals frequently used to mint coins. There are two good reasons for using silver: it is a precious metal and oxidizes little upon contact with air. Two advantages not to be taken for granted.

Here is thus a metal that won’t vanish into thin air.

It’s chemical symbol Ag is derived from the Latin word for silver (argentum), compare Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árgyros). Silver has a white, shiny appearance and, to add a little bit of esotericism or polytheism to the mix, is traditionally dedicated to the Moon or the goddess Artemis (Diana to the Romans).

As a precious metal, just like gold, silver is used to mint coins with an intrinsic value, meaning their value is constituted by the material of which they are made. It should be noted that small quantities of other metals are frequently added to silver to make it harder, as it is naturally very malleable (you can’t have everything) and thus wears away rapidly.

The first silver coins probably date back to the end of the 7th century BC and were struck on the Greek island of Aegina. These little beauties can be recognized by the turtle featured on the reverse.

The patina of silver ranges from gray to black.

Good to know:

The millesimal fineness (or alloy) of a coin indicates the exact proportion (in parts per thousand) of silver included in the composition. We thus speak, for example, of 999‰ silver or 999 parts of silver per 1 part of other metals. This measure is important for investment coins such as bullion. In France, it was expressed in carats until 1995.

Germany

Germany

  • Geographical location: Central Europe
  • Current political regime: Federal constitutional parliamentary republic
  • Current capital: Berlin

Brief history

From the Germanic “barbarian” tribes of the 1st century AD, a constant source of concern for the Roman Empire, to the domination of the Kingdom of the Franks from the 5th to the 10th century, then under the rule of Charlemagne, it was first in the Middle Ages, following the deposition of Charles III (the Fat) in 887, that the Germanic people as we know them came to be.

This was then the age of the Holy Roman Empire, which would endure from the 9th to the end of the 18th century. An empire of exceptional longevity, whose flame would only be extinguished by the continuous advance of the Enlightenment, the neighboring French Revolution, and the unbridled expansionism of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The 19th century was turbulent and finally gave birth in 1871 to the Kaiserreich (German Empire), a federal state headed by a Kaiser (emperor), a Kanzler (chancellor), and the Reichstag (parliament). At the end of World War I, in 1918, the Kaiser was deposed and Germany deprived of 13% of its territory. This heralded in the era of the Weimar Republic, undermined from the very start by the Treaty of Versailles and the economic crisis. Hitler appeared on the scene.

He was appointed Chancellor in 1932 and subsequently, thanks to the Enabling Act of 1933, established a dictatorial system. After the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, the era of the Third Reich began with its madness, iron fist, terrifying policies, disheveled nationalism, and unlimited desire for expansion. The Third Reich and Axis powers would not surrender until May 1945.

After World War II and the Allied Occupation of Germany, the country was divided in two and the Iron Curtain came down as the Berlin Wall went up. The Wall did not fall until 1989, and divided Germany was finally reunified in 1990.

Coins

The currency of Germany has always been the mark, albeit in a variety of forms. The word “mark” has its origin in the Middle Ages. In the 12th century, the value of the mark was directly linked to the weight of the metal from which it was made.

The mark as a unit of currency was not defined until the Reichstag did so in 1871. It was then worth 1/1,395 of a pound of gold and divided into 100 pfennigs.

Then came the monetary reform of 1923 following hyperinflation (just imagine – 1 dollar back then would be worth up to 11.7 billion marks!), which introduced the Rentenmark against mortgage of the country’s capital. 1 billion Papiermark (paper marks) were equivalent to 1 Rentenmark. In 1924, once the situation had been stabilized, the Reichsmark was created and convertible into gold or foreign currency. It would endure until 1948.

In 1948, two currencies came into use: the western zone (future FRG) used the Deutsche Mark and the eastern zone (future GDR) used the East German mark. After the Reunification of Germany in 1990, only the Deutsche Mark (DM) remained.

In 2002, Germany switched to the euro (€).

Great inventions

Among other things, the Germans invented the printing press (Johannes Gutenberg,15th century), the automobile (Karl Benz, 1885), the streetcar (1881), aspirin (Felix Hoffmann, 1897), X-rays (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, 1895), and even coffee filters (Melitta Bentz, 1908).

Painting: "A View of the Opera and Unter den Linden, Berlin" by Eduard Gaertner (1845)

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