Question concerning what is represented on a coin [solved]

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This message aims at: requesting the modification of a coin in the catalogue

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5743.html

states that Margaret, Countess of Tyrol is depicted on the coin
I made some research but I was not able to find any representation of the countess vaguely related to what is represented don the coin.
Moreover, the drawing on the coin is quite far away from the middle-age iconography.
I know that other sources on the web state the same thing, but this usually is not enough to verify a piece of information.
Could someone provide some valid sources for this identification? or at least the first source stating it?
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https://www.amazon.com/Groschen-Margaret-Burgenland-Vorarlberg-Hallstatt/dp/B087WYF84P
Amazon market place is really not a source especially not a home polish trinket maker. (8
On Austrian fora I could only find Tirolerin (Tyrolean woman).
Quote: "Idolenz"​Amazon market place is really not a source especially not a home polish trinket maker. (8
​On Austrian fora I could only find Tirolerin (Tyrolean woman).
​Yes, but he asked: "Could someone provide some valid sources for this identification? or at least the first source stating it?".
It looks like that description on Amazon was the first source (reliable or not).
Hehe touché.
It seems Numista was the source for theirs if you look at the last picture on the left.
This is an interesting case of how due to the carelessness of someone fake news is generated.
The person trying to sell on Amazon added the wrong info, and then the info was propagated.
Now I have found some pictures of traditional Tyroleans dresses that confirm that the hat represented on the coin is a traditional hat, without relationships with the middle age.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/411797959651525335/


So, IMHO, in Numista we should challenge any info found on the web, looking for reputable sources
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Quote: "Idolenz"​It seems Numista was the source for theirs if you look at the last picture on the left.
​Yes, that's possible too. I didn't browse through the pictures so I didn't notice the last one. The chicken or the egg.
Then make a change request Gianno, if the ref can't provide a good source this name should be removed. If there is a good source it should be posted here too for future reference.
Status changed to Done (Jarcek, 18 Sep 2020, 07:18)

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