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Posted by: spider  2014-04-23
KM# A68 THALERSilver Ruler: Gustavus Adolphus Obv: Armored bust turned 3/4to right Rev: Crowned oval 4-fold arms with small central shield,in baroque frame, small pine cone arms below, date divided attop Note: Swedish occupation. Varieties exist. Dav. #4543. Germany AUGSBURG 1632

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Posted by: spider  2014-05-01
Augsburg. Gustavus Adolphus Taler 1632, KM#-A68, about XF, surfaces tooled on obverse. Struck during Sweden's occupation of the city during the Thirty Years War.

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Posted by: spider  2014-05-01
Augsburg. Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden Taler 1632, KM#-A68, Dav-4543, AU 55 NGC, nicely toned with very sharp details, faint scratches in the right obverse field, barely noticeable. Struck during the Swedish possession. of the city.

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Posted by: spider  2014-04-30
Augsburg. Gustav Adolph Taler 1632, KM#-A68, D-4543, toned XF details but three large cross-shaped scratches in the obverse fields (intentional religious graffiti). One of the classic issues of the occupying Swedish forces.

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Posted by: spider  2014-04-30
Augsburg. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Taler 1632, KM#-A68, D-4543, MS63 NGC. Attractive gray toning with golden highlights. The strike is bold and the fields near-pristine over underlying luster. A superior example of this early one-year type.

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Posted by: spider  2014-04-30
Augsburg. Gustav II Adolf Taler 1632, KM#-A68, Dav-4543, Ahlstrom-8, MS63 NGC. Issued during the Swedish occupation of Augsburg. Superbly struck with silvery-gray and russet toning over lustrous, minimally marked surfaces. Gustav II Adolf, more commonly known as Gustavus Adolphus, was King of S ...