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I would appreciate any help identifying this coin. Thank you.

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I would appreciate any help identifying this coin. It is undated, 0.5 grams, 14mm:

My book shows only the smaller bust, not the bigger, which is what my coin has. Thank you.

1735 Hesse-Cassel 3 Heller.jpg This is one more of my old family coins, which I have identified as a Hessen-Kassel 3 Heller from 1735. However, the bust on the obverse is different from that pictured in my book. I would appreciate any information anyone might have about this variation. Thank you fo...

1507.jpg 1691.jpg nodate05.jpg nodate07.jpg nodate08.jpg 1507?, 0.6 g, 16mm 1691?, 0.4 g, 14 mm 3.0 g, 17mm – FW under crown 0.6 g, 14 mm – AM (?) under crown 1.7 g, 21 mm - CL (?) under crown These are among the last I cannot identify. They are not in good condition. But maybe you experts can iden...

Now that I know to look under Ulm, my Standard Catalog of German Coins (Krause 1998) seems to describe #4 as "Siege Coinage" from 1704 (but undated). But there is no picture and I am not sure. In any event, thank you again for your help. I have now identified 116 of the 125 coins I inherited. I am l...

1749 - 1.jpg 1749 - 2.jpg nodate01.jpg nodate02.jpg nodate03.jpg Five more: 1749, 0.7 gm, 16mm 1749, 2.1 gm, 21 mm ???5, 0.6 gm, 16mm undated, 0.4 gm, 15mm undated, 0.5 gm, 16mm These coins have been sitting in a box for over a hundred years, without any identification. Thank you again for your help.

Again, thank you all. This is interesting and useful to me, and I appreciate your help.

I have more coins, so I will be back.

Here are more of my great-grandfather's coins I cannot identify:

1644?, 0.6 grams, 16 mm

1677, 0.6 grams, 16 mm

1690, 0.8 grams, 16 mm

1761, 0.6 grams, 17mm

1765, 0.5 grams, 14mm

Thank you again for your help.

Thank you all. I have more, but it may be a couple of days before I can get them posted.

1639.jpg 1736.jpg 1753.jpg face.jpg Unser Sussester Beruf.jpg A few more coins I cannot identify: 1639, 0.5 grams, 16 mm 1736, 1 Kreutzer, 0.6 grams, 16 mm 1753, 0.5 grams, 16 mm undated, 0.5 grams, 14mm. Looks a little like this one: http://www.numispedia.de/IlischVII.1 undated, 0.9 grams, 16mm, U...

Thank you much. Now I understand why I could not find them in the German book.

I have more coins I will post soon. I have identified about 90% of my coins, but there are some that I can't figure out.

1616 joined.jpg 1640Q joined.jpg These are old family coins my great-grandfather brought to America. I have Krause, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1601- present, but have not found them in it. They look like they are from the same city. One is dated 1616, and the other appears to be from the 164...