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Theresa May told Britain that there was no such thing as a "magic money tree". Apparantly she was mistaken.
The origin of money trees, not uncommon in parts of Yorkshire, are believed to date back to pagan times when people believed mystical spirits lived in trees and by making offerings to the trees people would benefit from wisdom, healing and insight. It is a similar tradition to that of throwing coins into running water, fountains or wishing wells.
But the first recorded instance of a money tree where a fallen branch had coins hammered in seems to date to the 1700’s in Scotland near Argyll. Queen Victoria even mentioned there being one near Gairloch in the Highlands in one of her diary entries.
The belief associated with money trees seems to come from the folklore that you could rid yourself of an illness by hammering a coin into a tree. But conversely if someone took a coin out from one of the trees that they would fall ill. This then evolved with people believing that they would be granted a wish if they drove a coin past the bark into the tree’s wood.
From my daughters small coin collection, the silver coin stands out against the dark background of the copper coins.
1-cent coins in a bottle. Collected them for a long time. 10/2025.
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1-Cent Münzen in einer Flasche. Lange Zeit dafür gesammelt. 10/2025.
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Reverse side of a Russian 25-ruble commemorative 2018 FIFA World Cup coin. This particular coin series was minted in 2016, several other 2018 World Cup coins were released in 2017 and 2018.
This is real money, nominal value is 25 rubles (approx. 30 cents), although I don't think anyone has actually ever used these coins as means of payment. As most commemorative coins. they all probably went straight from the Mint to coin collections.
Today, as a collector's item it is worth about twice its original value.
Here are two Silver proof coins we had just got for Our Son's coin and note collection. The one on the left is a $2 2 once silver dollar with a Kookaburra on it, the year of that coin is 1992, that's the year Ian and I got married. The Silver dollar-proof coin on the right is a 1 once, celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the famous racehorse Phar Lap the year of that coin is 2007 Johnny's birth year.
Here is some of my husband's and son's coin collection, starting from the left is the 1937 Australian crown, 1953 New Zealand crown, 1939 The Netherlands 2.5 Guilders, 1921 American dollar, and last on the right is the 1947-1972 English crown. It can be best seen if you Zoom it up and you can see more details.
Many of my childhood lessons were stories told around objects — "This was you great grandfather's watch". "He gave me this ½ sovereign". "These were my father's cuff-links", "your grandmother's tea set", and so on. It's not that my parents were collectors; these were just placeholders for knowledge. Among those things was an odd lot of coins. My parents weren't numismatists, but like the sovereign, some of their coins had tales — there was one my mother treasured because it was tip from an American GI when she was doing her bit for the war effort by serving in a café — mementos of time and place.
Years pass; parents and memories with them. Inheritances aren't always assets or the treasures they were. You reach a point where rationalisation kicks in and it's time to let some things go. That's how I found this 1 mil coin. I have no idea of its significance. I don't recall seeing it before. But it was in among the old Victorian silver et cetera.
My knowledge of Palestine was acquired later in life; my late twenties. The Estates' library was and is eclectic. If it were a person, it would be a polymath. I didn't open as many of its pages as I should. Goodness, I didn't read Robinson Crusoe until, ahem, perhaps five or more decades after I should. But I did pick up Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and its peculiar companion on the shelves: a bound proof of Simpson and Knightley's The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia. Who knows how that came to be there, corrections and all! Until I started reading I had little interest in the topic or knowledge of the history, the mischief of the British and French, their treachery and betrayal of the Arabs, nor the involvement of the League of Nations in post-Ottoman affairs.
This particular coin, deliberately and wantonly grainy and grubby, is from Mandatory Palestine. I shan't bore you with the details except to say the Arab Revolt, in which Lawrence was an intermediary, was a co-opting of Arabs by the British to oust the Ottomans from Arabia in exchange for Arab independence. Didn't happen! Once their objectives were reached the British reneged on the deal, instead dividing up the Middle East under the British-French Sykes-Picot Agreement. Having achieved that act of betrayal, the British followed up with the Balfour Declaration, effectively establishing a religion-based state at the expense of and without the agreement of the predominant population resident at that time.
The League of Nations subsequently granted a mandate to Britain and the entity of Mandatory Palestine was established. This coin is from that era, one of a little over 700,000 struck with that date by the Tower Mint in London. You can see the captions on the obverse side are in Arabic, English and Hebrew.
Soon afterwards, the Arab Revolt against the invasion of their land and push back by the invaders, the withdrawal of the British, and the taking of land by force, eventually resulted in the partitioning of Mandatory Palestine along the lines of what we see today. Yes, that's an over-simplification. But we don't have all day.
Why do I have this coin? I don't know. What I do know is that this simple object, for what it is worth, is like my great grandfather's watch, a placeholder, a container, a catalyst for enquiry, understanding and knowledge without which I'd be poorer.
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The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995 in Madrid. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU). Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002.
The euro is the official currency of the European Union. Currently, 19 of 28 member states use the euro; this group of states is known as the eurozone. It is the second most traded currency in the foreign exchange market. The euro is subdivided into 100 cents.
French coins always have cool designs and this is a good example. These coins, however, are not made out of silver. They are copper-nickel. Many of these coins have a B mint mark for the Beaumont mint. If you can find a coin dated 1958 without a B mint mark, as this one is, it is rare.
Obverse : Laureate Bust of Marianne, facing right with flaming torch on right hand; "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE".
Reverse : 100 FRANCS in two lines at left (date) with cornucopia at left and wing at right, ears and olive branches below right, R.COCHET; "LIBERTE-EGALITE-FRATERNITE".
Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
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Megalosaurus 2020 UK 50p coin.
In 1824 William Buckland, an eccentric clergyman and palaeontologist, produced the first scientific description of what became known as a dinosaur based on fragments of jaw and bone found in Oxfordshire. Buckland named the creature Megalosaurus, which means ‘great lizard’.
Early depictions showed an animal walking on four legs with a posture like a hippopotamus. Today we understand Megalosaurus was a theropod, a large bipedal predator that roamed Britain during the Middle Jurassic period 170 to 155 million years ago.
Along with specimens of Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus, the fossilised remains of Megalosaurus led anatomist Richard Owen to conclude that all three belonged to a distinct group of reptiles, coining the term ‘Dinosauria’ to describe this new taxonomic group. His discovery fuelled public imagination and ‘dinomania’ shows no signs of abating today.
Featuring a design by palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls who specialises in producing anatomically accurate reconstructions of natural history specimens, this 50p coin was designed with the expert guidance of the Earth Sciences Department of the Natural History Museum. Available as a gold and silver Proof, colour-printed silver Proof, colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated exclusive to The Royal Mint and standard Brilliant Uncirculated edition, it’s a fitting tribute to a landmark British discovery.
119/365,
Reserve bank of New Zealand,
$2 - A kotuku ( white heron ),
$1 - The kiwi,
20 cents Rotorua Maori carving,
50 cents Captain James Cook's Endeavor,
10 cents Maori carved head,
5 cents Tuatara on a rock,
18,000 sets
Authentic Titanic Coal Coin From 100th Anniversary 08013/25000 Limited Edition From My 2020 Coin, Notes And Limited Edition Collection
With the right set up and software, a shot like this can take less than 5 minutes to complete, which makes our quality numismatic photography affordable. This F-15 grade uncertified British Crown sells for a little more than $200.
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1845 Great Britain Crown
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9250
Weight: 28.2760g
ASW: 0.8409oz
Melt Value: $13.76 (5/15/2020)
DESIGN
Obverse: Head left
Obverse Legend: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA
Reverse: Crowned arms within branches
Reverse Legend: BRITANNIARUM REGIBA FID: DEF:
NOTES
Ruler: Victoria
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Commemorative Issue Coin
Reverse
Eagle with snake in talons, denomination below
Lettering:
DEUTSCHES REICH 1913
* DREI MARK *
Obverse
Figure on horseback surrounded by people
Lettering:
DER KÖNIG RIEF UND ALLE ALLE KAMEN ·
MIT GOTT·FÜR KÖNIG UND VATERLAND
17-3-1813
Edge
Lettering: GOTT MIT UNS
Translation: GOD WITH US
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A beautiful 2020 1oz British Gold Bullion Coin.
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The Banco de Tamaulipas operated from 1902-15 and most of its issues are scarce except for some released in 1914. This Cinco Peso banknote was made in the USA by the American banknote company of New York. This banknote is from the J Arnold Collection.
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Reverse (shown)
Lettering: * EIN VEREINSTHALER * XXX EIN PFUND FEIN * 1862
Engraver: A.V.Nordheim
Obverse
Frankofurthia
Lettering:
FREIE STADT FRANKFURT
A.V.NORDHEIM
Engraver: A.V.Nordheim
Edge
Inscripted
Lettering: STARK IM RECHT
This is one of the coolest examples of this coin I have had the pleasure to photograph. Macedon, Greece, c. 167-149 BC.
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Large silver tetradrachm minted under Roman occupation, Amphipolis mint. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ club of Herakles within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left, monograms above and below.
Reverse
Features a modern design by sculptor Emanuel Hahn, showing an Indian and a voyageur, a travelling agent for a fur company, paddling a canoe by an islet on which there are two wind-swept trees. In the canoe are bundles of goods; the bundle at the right has HB, representing the Hudson's Bay Company. The vertical lines in the background represent the northern lights.
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Mickey first appeared in the short Plane Crazy, debuting publicly in the short film Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first sound cartoons.
This is a nine frame focus stacked macro image.
I started this coin collection years ago and still have a bunch of quarters to go and now they are doing a series on National Parks.. I haven't a clue when that started but who knows, if I get snowed in, I just might start taking more coins.. LOL!!
The same ship and shield patterns appear on the 2 1/2, 5, and 10 escudo coins from Portugal.
Obverse
Boat sailing to the left
Lettering:
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
1933
Engraver: João da Silva, Arnaldo Fragoso
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Reverse
Coat of Arms superimposed on a stylized view of the earth, and date below
Lettering: 10$00
Engraver: João da Silva, Arnaldo Fragoso
Edge
Reeded
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More than a billion brand new £1 coins are being struck in time for its launch in March, the Royal Mint said in its New Year’s Day announcement.
The new 12-sided coin - which is being billed as “the most secure coin in the world - will replace the traditional circular £1.
The old coin was considered too easily faked with just over three in every hundred in the public domain reckoned to be a forgery.
The introduction of the new coin will be phased in over six months, starting in March.
Coin operated machines including supermarket trolleys will have to be altered to accommodate the new coins.
The new £1 consists of an outer ring which is gold coloured is made from nickel-brass and the silver inner ring from a nickel-played alloy.
It also includes a ‘latent image’ similar to a hologram that switches from a £ symbol to a number 1 depending on the angle from which it is viewed.
The new coin is thinner than its predecessor and lighter too.
By the autumn of 2017, the old coin will be taken permanently out of circulation and shopkeepers will not be obliged to accept it.
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Reverse
Ceres standing right holding torch and raising robe.
Lettering: AVGVSTA
Obverse
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair arranged in a chignon behind the head
Lettering: DIVA FAVSTINA
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Faustina I the elder was born circa 100 AD and died in 140 AD. She was the wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, one of the Five Good Emperors. This sestertius was part of a third issue of coinage in her honour after her death and is likely to have been minted at some time between the end of the second issue (141 AD) and the end of Antonius Pius's reign as Roman Emperor, most likely toward the end of that reign. A more precise dating is not currently known. The coinage bears the legend DIVA FAVSTINA, not DIVA AVGVSTA, as the title of Augusta had passed onto her daugher, Faustina II the Younger.
Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture. She features prominently on coins of Faustina.
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This copper token is a well worn on one side, but holding up pretty well for over 200 years old. I love the tones and majestic look of the lion.
Obverse
A lion standing left, head front.
Lettering:
ROLLING MILLS AT WALTHAMSTOW
ONE PENNY
1812
Reverse
BRITISH COPPER COMPANY in center within a wreath of oak; around, SMELTING WORKS AT LANDORE *
Lettering:
SMELTING WORKS AT LANDORE *
BRITISH
COPPER
COMPANY
Edge
Centre grained
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These large coin-shaped Keshi-Pearls with rainbow-overlay, are so beautiful and rare. Freshwater nucleated cultivated are affordable, but pearls larger than 20mm with this quality are costly. They are creamy white, natural, no dye. Gorgeous natural-quality, these are Designers find.
I let these type of earrings out in air long enough that it makes them look antiquated and every party I have worn this to, I have been complemented. However, shiny new looks great too, especially when paired with a simple garment. You will get the cleaning cloth with your order to polish it if you like. Ideal for high-end Brides or bridesmaids design.
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Macniven and Cameron Ltd. was a printing and stationery company based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The company was best known for its pen nibs, the "Pickwick", the "Owl", and the "Waverley", which were sold under the advertising doggerel:
They come as a boon and a blessing to men,
the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley Pen.
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The Norwegian Lion
Obverse
Head of King Haakon VII facing right
Lettering: HAAKON VII NORGES KONGE ALT FOR NORGE
Translation: HAAKON VII NORWAY KING EVERYTHING FOR NORWAY
Reverse
A shield featuring den Norske løve [The Norwegian Lion] surrounded by a heraldic chain and six other shields of the cities (clockwise starting at top right: Bergen, Kristiansand, Hamar, Tromso, Trondheim, and Oslo) with the denomination above and the date below
Lettering: 2 KRONER 1913
Engraver: Ivar Thorndse
The Entente Cordiale, in English, Cordial Agreement, was a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial expansion addressed by the agreement, the signing of the Entente Cordiale marked the end of almost a thousand years of intermittent conflict between the two states and their predecessors, and replaced the modus vivendi that had existed since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 with a more formal agreement.
Obverse
Crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In tiny letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley). Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D FIVE POUNDS. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith, followed by the value and denomination in English.
Reverse
The reverse shows the combined figures of Britannia (holding a trident) and Marianne, the female personifications of Great Britain and France respectively, with the words ENTENTE CORDIALE and the anniversary dates 1904 and 2004 around.
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