Alchemy

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I recently acquired this porcelain coin https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces166912.html

The reverse features Johann Friedrich Böttger.



Johann Friedrich Böttger was born in Schleiz (where the coin is from) and he was a German alchemist. He is normally credited with being the first European to discover the secret of the creation of hard-paste porcelain in 1708.

While explaining this to my daughter, she instantly recognized the alchemical symbols of

Earth


and the Sun

But this planet symbol is also a metal symbol, Gold.

Knowing that Newton, Sigismund III Vasa, and others were passionate about alchemy, do you have any coins with alchemical symbology?
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.  It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so.  Mark Twain
I searched "alchemy" in the catalogue and the only result is this Replica of a Ducat of Ferdinand III.

There may be more out there, of course...
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