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The Navarrese Collection of the Munich Coin Museum

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Aspaldidanik, duela zortzi urte pasatxo dira dagoeneko, Munitx inguruetan bizi den euskalduna naiz. Orain dela urtebeterarte hiriburu bavariarretik urrutixeago bizi nintzen, baina orain Munitx kanpokaldera aldatu naiz eta pandemia ere bukatu dela profitatuz, hiri erdialdera bueltatxoak ematera adoretzen gara. 2022. urteko azaroaren hirugarren igandean, Marienplatz-eko geltokian trena utzi eta Odeonplatz inguruetara abiatu ginen oinez familia […]

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Queen Joanne's Pau Testons

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Reign: Joan III. Queen of Navarre, Joan I. Lady of Béarn Type: Teston Year: 1566 Mint: Pau Mint Edge: Irregular Edge Engraving: ————– Metal: Silver (about 898 thousandths) Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 9.41 gr Quantity: 292,320 testons and half testons between 1564 and 1566 Mintage: Pressed by flywheel, silver rolled by mill Mintmaster: Étienne Bergeron (Land of the Moon)

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Navarre Shall Be the Wonder of the World

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“Navarre shall be the wonder of the world”… these words were uttered by the English writer Shakespeare in the play “Love's Lavour's Lost” to King Ferdinand of Navarre. Shakespeare wrote this play in the mid-1590s, and although he named the king of Navarre Ferdinand, the Navarre mentioned in it is the Navarre of Henry III, consisting of Lower Navarre and Bearn, around the end of the 16th century.

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GRATIA DEI SVM ID QVOD SVM

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We will now explain the origin of the new motto or image text used by the coinage of the royal house of Navarre during the reign of Henry II “the Squirrel”, namely GRATIA DEI SVM ID QVOD SVM. This Latin image text can be translated as “By the grace of God I am what I am”, but where do its roots come from and why did Henry establish it? Henry’s parents, Juan and Catherine, and in the same way

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