1. Heraldry-Coats of Arms in Coinage
By Xavier Pique

2. Introduction What is Heraldry- Background
Where and when did Heraldry arise?
Blazoning- Design The Coat of Arms
Coats of arms in coinage 1200-Present

3. Heraldry- A system for controlling the markings applied to armory and shields
Provide easy, unique identification
Useful in battle
Assigned to Noble (King, Duke, Count)

4. From the ninth to the early eleventh centuries
(AD ), Western Europe suffered invasions
Magyars from the east,
Muslims from the south, and
Vikings from the north
Unrest ultimately spurred greater unity in England, Germany and Europe
Lots of Warfare- Crusades (Starting 1095)

5. Heraldry arose, almost spontaneously throughout Europe
In a short space of time between
Coinciding with the development of more sophisticated armor

6. Many “Titled” landowner types existed:
Landowners hired Knights to defend territory or make war in exchange for estates
Heraldic markings adopted when the face became invisible behind closed helmets
Many “Titled” landowner types existed:
Kingdom, County, Barony, Principality, Duchy, Bishopric, Imperial Free City, Papal State, Territory, Commonwealth, Crown Colony, Palatinate, Landgrave, Margrave
Each entity had a coat of Arms- Many issued Coinage

8. 12 CENTURY SETTING
No Electricity
No Running Water
Black Plague (1340)
No Firearms (1420)
No Printed Books (1436)
Battles Waged on
foot or on horse
Swords
Bow and Arrow
Spears
Hedingham Castle- England Built 1140 AD

9. ORIGINS OF HERALDRY- THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY 1066
Chronicles the Norman conquest of England by William the Conqueror in No Formal Coat of Arms

10. Origins of Heraldry
The Enamel Plaque of Geoffroy Plantagenêt
Compte d'Anjou and du Maine ( ) and father of Henry II, king of England
Markings on Shield
Not Formal Coat of Arms

11. Tomar, Portugal –Convento de Cristo
Tomb of Knight Templar circa 1160

12. Codex Manesse
Late 13th Century-
Knights in Joust

13. The Full Coat of Arms- Elements
Charge

14. Blazoning- Designing and Describing a Shield
Per Fess Or and Sable, a Lion Rampant Gules

15. History in Coat of Arms- Spain
Castile
Leon
Aragon
Navarre
Granada
Bourbon
SupportersPillars&
Motto
Royal Crown

16. Partitions and Colors of Shield
                                   

17. Heralds- Officials in charge of controlling Coats of Arms-
Royal College of Arms- England- Est by King Richard III

18. The Earliest Coin displaying Coat of Arms
France- Louis IX The Saint Gold (Ecu D’Or) 1260’s- Rare
Source: Barrie Cook, Numis. Curator, British Museum

19. Earliest Coins displaying Coats of Arms: 1250-1300
Sicily- Federico II Son of Peter III
Coat of Arms of House of Aragon (Peter III “The Great”)- Ruled Sicily ( )

20. T-17 Austria, Frederick the Handsome, 1308-1330, AR Pfennig Arms of Austria

21. Schönvorst-Sichem 1391 Turnose groschen
Argent, Nine Roundels Gules
Arms of Reinier van Schoonvorst II - Belgium

22. King Juan II of Castile, 1406-1454 AD,
Dobla de la Banda, Seville Mint

23. Aachen (Germany)
Turnose-groschen 1411

24. Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless- Duke of Burgundy) (1404-1419)

25. Bingen 1437 Goldgulden
Bingen am Rhein- Tower and City Arms

26. Bacharach 1443 Groschen
The arms of the Palatinate (Province of HRE)

27. Mainz
Trier
Cologne
GERMANY, Palatinate, Philipp, , dated Goldgulden The arms of the Palatinate, Mayence (Mainz), Trier and Cologne in a border

28. Shield and Full Arms of Saxony
Saxony Homgroschen

29. Prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire- 13th Century
Archbishop of Cologne, Archbishop of Mainz, Archbishop of Trier, Count Palatine,
Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Brandenburg and King of Bohemia)

30. Duchy of Brabant 1476 (Belgium) Double Briquet

31. Prince Bishopric of Liege ( Belgium) 1478
Double Patard-
Fleur de Lis with Bend

32. Brabant 1488 Double Patard Belgium.

33. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-77)

34. Guldiner-
Sigismund Archduke of Austria/Tyrol (Shields of his domains) 1486

35. Holy Roman Empire (minted at Dordrecht, Holland
Gold Real (Grand Real d'Or) 1487

36. Pomerania, Garz (Poland on the Baltic Sea) Schilling 1489
Argent, a griffin rampant or

37. Wesel , Germany (Julich-Cleve-Berg) 1490 
Groschen Coats of Arms- Duchy of Cleves;
1600 Map detail- Julich

38. SPAIN Castille & Leon Ferdinand & Isabella
Sponsors of Christopher Columbus

39. Henry Vlll Groat
( ) England
Order of the Garter

40. ALTDEUTSCHLAND Augsburg Germany. Batzen 1522.
Town arms- Swiss Pine Cone and column Pillar

41. Edward VI of England (1547-53)
House of Tudor
Fine Silver- Shilling

42. Phillip II Cob 4 Reales
Granada Mint

43. 1599    France   1/4 Ecu    Henry IV       28 mm   silver   

44. Shilling, third coinage 1603
James 1 (House of Stuart
England )

45. Salsburg, Austria
Silver 1/6 Thaler – Archbishop Max Gandolph
von Kuenburg,
Ecclesiastical state of the
Holy Roman Empire. St Rupert/Arms

46. William and Mary
England ( )

47. Spain PhilipV
8 Escudos Gold

48. Spain- 1760 Charles III Pillar 8 Reales

49. Switzerland-Bern, 1796, AR 1/2 Thaler

50. 1816  Danish West Indies 
 (now US Virgin Islands )  
X Skilling   
Denmark Coat of Arms

51. Aargau, Switzerland- 1831
2-1/2 rappen

52. United States- 1865
Double Eagle – Resembles coat of arms

53. Chile 1872
One peso

54. Australia- 1912 Threepence (1908 Coat of Arms)

55. German Notgeld (Emergency Money) -Lugde 2 Marks 1921
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56. Coat of Arms- Croatia/ 2 Kune 1941
Checquy argent and gules

57. Denmark- 1967 1 Krone error coin

58. Dollars St. Lucia

59. Recap- Coats of Arms
Developed for Identification of Knights in th Century
Evolved into Identification and Symbol of Nobility
Adopted by Nations, States and Cities
Still in use- powerful symbols full of meaning
Over 8,000 Coins with Coats or Arms issued Most Common Symbol
Aldermaston,
Berkshire England

60. THE END
Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England

61. REFERENCES
Heraldic Coats of Arms on Coins of the World, 1700–1998:Charler R. Hosch