Can anyone help @Traveller779 identify these coins which have been passed down through the family please?
#numismatics #coins #CoinCollecting #history #histodons @ancientCoins
Can anyone help @Traveller779 identify these coins which have been passed down through the family please?
#numismatics #coins #CoinCollecting #history #histodons @ancientCoins
What is your favourite numismatic reference for #Ancient #Rome? This week's E-Sylum has a review of "The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE - Using Coins as Sources"
by Andrew Burnett, which looks quite interesting. What books would you recommend?
https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/club_nbs_esylum_v27n49.html#article5
#Numismatics #Books #Bookstodon #AncientCoins #AncientRome #History #History #Histodons @histodons @bookstodon @numismatics
**Newly Discovered Massachusetts Silver Threepence from 1652 Brings $2.52 Million**
Stack's Bowers Galleries
_"Struck within weeks of the establishment of the first mint to be opened in the future United States, the New England threepence is the only example known outside of a museum."_
Last week, I shared part one of the Coin Advent Calendar article from E-Sylum. This week's edition has a follow-up "Coin Advent Calendar part 2", so here is the link: https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/club_nbs_esylum_v27n49.html#article22
@numismatics
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Christmas #Advent #AdventCalendar #Coins #CoinCollecting
Several people guessed last fortnight's #MysteryCoin - it was the 1944 Ethiopia 25 Santeem coin, with the very distinctive edge. Check it out here:
https://coinofnote.com/1944-ethiopia-25-santeem/
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #SaturdayNightCoinShow #Coins #Ethiopia #Africa #Lion
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Collector #coins made by a country for something completely unrelated to them are quite curious to me. What does the Democratic Republic of the #Congo have to do with #Concorde? Well... nothing! But that would have made a very short post. Instead, let's look at both the #DRC and the #plane in this 5 Francs from 2003: https://coinofnote.com/2003-drc-5-francs-concorde/
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting @numismatics
Ok, I'm just about to write this one up (because I'm a bit slow this fortnight). But before I do, two questions:
1) Have you signed up for the newsletter to find out what it is? It's only once a fortnight! https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/
2) What *IS* this piece? This #MysteryCoin has one of the most distinctive edges I have encountered, and a lion carrying..... something. Please reply and let me know!
Yesterday, 3rd December was the International Day of People with Disability. In 2017, #Australia Post issued a #PNC (Postal Numismatic Collectable) - an envelope with stamp and coin - to commemorate the occasion. It is a simple, but elegant design. My only real complaint (Which the #Stamp collectors will concur with), is that it doesn't have a stamp, but instead has "Postage Paid Australia".
#Numismatics #Disability #CoinCollecting #Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately @numismatics @philately
A hoard of gold and silver Roman coins dating back to the reign of Emperor Nero have been found during building works in Worcestershire.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxnjq3ye0o
#news #archaeology #AncientCoins #Rome #coins #numismatics #history #histodons @numismatics @histodons
Hoard of Roman coins found during building work in Worcestershire #uk
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxnjq3ye0o
@histodons @archaeodons @historikerinnen @antiquidons #numismatics #EconomicHistory #geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #archaeology #heritage #Archaeologie #archaeodons #Altertumswissenschaften #RomanArchaeology #RomanEmpire
#antiquity #AncientHistory #antike
I shared this piece the other day. I have been busy this weekend, but I got to writing up a piece for it today. I still never found the full source of the quote, but enough to write up a little piece for you all today. And to ask, what pocket piece do YOU carry around with you? Mine is in the post!
https://coinofnote.com/change-is-the-essence-of-life-medallion/
#MondayMedal #Medallion #Inspiration #Quote #MedalMonday #Numismatics @numismatics
This week's E-Sylum has an interesting piece on a #coin Advent Calendar.
It's an interesting take on the tradition with some tidbits of info along the way.
https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/club_nbs_esylum_v27n48.html#article22
What do these three coins have to do with it? You'll have to read the piece to find out. What would you have in your #numismatic #Advent calendar?
#adventcalendar #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Christmas @numismatics
Happy Feast Day of St Eligius! Also known as St Eloi, he is the patron saint of numismatists & coin collectors! (& goldsmiths, hardware storekeepers, horses, farmers, carriers, mechanics & garage keepers). I have updated my page on him a bit since last St Eligius day: https://coinofnote.com/saint-eligius/
Including with this medallion of his patronage of metal workers: https://coinofnote.com/st-eloi-patron-du-materiel-medallion/
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Medallion #MedalMonday #SaintOfTheDay #Saints @numismatics
It would have been my sister's birthday today. She passed a few years ago, but loved #butterflies, so I chose this piece thinking of her. The text is a #quote from American Theologian Reinhold #Niebuhr, known for writing the #Serenity Prayer. Google tells me this quote is either part of a longer version of that #prayer, or a sermon given with it, but I can't find a concrete reference. Can anyone help please?
It's a bit late for #MedallionMonday but here is a beautiful pair of medallion #PMC from #Australia Post. The top one is the regular issue Battle of Normandy #medallion cover (with 2024 made). The bottom one is the limited edition #Impressions version, with foil printing, larger stamp block, gold coloured medallion and limited to only 250. I think this pair look great together. What do you think?
@numismatics #AustraliaPost #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #WWII #Remembrance
For the many people asking (ok, no-one asked, I just noticed) - the "Random" page link on my site got broken. The good news is, it's fixed!
Have a go and let me know where you end up: https://coinofnote.com/?redirect_to=random
(Just to clarify, it will be a post on the site! With nearly 230 posts, there's a selection to go to).
Here were the first four I just ended up at:
Roman Tetradrachm
Saint Anthony Medal
UK Peace £2
Chinese Cash coin
Have you ever been really disappointed by a new #coin? I love "Mars from Phobos" - the visuals are believable & it tells an amazing story. (Artists concept here: https://www.sci.news/space/powerful-solar-storms-electrically-charge-mars-moon-phobos-05337.html )
The Saturn from Titan coin however, just isn't realistic to me. The colours are way off from any artists concepts I can find & there's no key point to grab you like the astronaut does on the Mars coin - a probe or lander would have been great
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Scient #Space @numismatics @science
Update:
Estimate for rare #Massachusetts colonial #coin was $1m
An Illegally Minted Coin from the American Revolution [WTF ?!] Just Sold for $2.5 Million. The 1652 threepence coin is 1 of only 3 known to exist
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/1652-threepence-coin-sets-auction-record-2572883
I have a collection of #Numismatic pieces (#Coins, #Tokens and #Medallions) with #Bible references on them. I have recently tried to make more of a #Habit of praying the Our Father #prayer. This #MedalMonday piece has that prayer, and an exhortation to "Pray Without Ceasing", which is a reference from 1 #Thessalonians 5:17
A forgotten leftover of a brief spell of US colonialism, uncovered while decluttering my home office of decades. This bit of Filipino history is likely from my late father’s travels during the years he was a businessman focused on Pacific Rim countries. A ‘five centavo’ coin, unique because of its history, and the use of both Spanish (Centavo) and English on the coin, and the short period of time this kind of currency was actually in circulation on the Islands. I think it is a cool thing, so I thought I’d share. Who knows what we may find next (I should explain that my father had me at 65, which explains how he could have been traveling Australasia in 1945.) #Filipino #philippines #coins #Filipinas #Numismatics #Colonialism #Colonisation #History #CoolCoin