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a collection of old sri lankan coins at the gadaladeniya temple, kandy
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This coin has such wonderful detail. It has a horse and intricate symbols. It even has a belt buckle
Organising your coin collection in Australia requires some backgrounding on historical events in 19th century England. The Coinage Act 1816 promulgated under King Geo III, set the standard that one troy pound of silver could be converted to coins with a face value of 66 shillings. The shilling, in metric weight equivalent was approximately 5.65g. The troy pound confusingly was made up 12 troy oz, about 373.24 g. That meant 66x5.65 = 12 troy oz or it could be 33 florins, 132 sixpences and so on in an equivalent weight:value ratio, always the same weight for the same value.
When it came time for the reintroduction of silver coinage in the Great Recoinage of 1816 the Mint Master up on Tower Hill, behind the Tower of London had no current experience in making silver coins. He was stumped. They just stood around scratching various body parts and not knowing where to turn. Luckily for the Mint Master, the President of the Royal Society, for some arcane reason, had oversight of the Royal Mint. His sister was a coin collector and it was her gift of coins to the Mint which both guided the making of new silver coins and was the foundation of the Mint's Museum. That man was Sir Joseph Banks
It was opportune for Banks and the Mint that Sarah Sophia Banks was a bit of a hoarder. She is not alone in this peculiar practice of collecting coins. Just why people do it is something of a mystery. I intend to do something about it!
When Australia moved to decimalise its currency in 1964, just a short delay after the Constitution gave it permission to manage such things in 1901, and move away from the £.s.d it inherited as a British Colony, the banking system still depended on weighing of silver coins to settle their books at the end of the day. This archaic practice imposed a degenerate weight:value ratio on what should have been a new currency. The 5.65g shilling became a 5.65g 10 cents coin and so on. One hundred and forty six years on and nothing changed. Roll forward another 56 years and it still hasn't! Thanks to the banks we now have a fiat currency where the face value of the three lower denominations are pretty much exceeded by the value of their contained metal. This is an unhappy and unhealthy currency.
Not only is the coinage now sliding away into worthlessness behind inflated metal prices and a devalued Australian dollar against the USD in which metal is traded. Have you noticed how much you can buy with a coin or for that matter when you last exchanged a coin for anything? When did you last go to a bank to get a coin? Exactly! You only get those bits of shrapnel as change if you spend a banknote and then there's nothing much you can do with them. Beggars and buskers even have EFTPOS machines now!
It is ironic that in the COVID-19 crisis shopkeepers have begun refusing cash payments and nobody has kicked up a big stink. Equally ironic is the unremarkable finding that the SARS-CoV-2 virus lives on quite happily on modern plastic banknotes but carks it PDQ when exposed to the copper ions lurking on the surface of coins. Just when the world needed a robust, resilient and feisty medium of exchange coinage is pretty well stuffed.
Did you know that banks don't really like money, at least the kind that stacks? They love digital money. They can skim off the n-th decimal place in computations and bank them for themselves but if they start clipping coins the Crimes(Currency)Act 1981 is there waiting to slap the cuffs on them. Indeed the milled edge of coins is there just for that purpose of making the archaic practice of clipping self-evident. When banks have coins or notes deposited with them they have to count them; yuck. Instead they like to outsource that dirty work to the cash carriers, those guys in armoured vans you see driving about. They collect, count and package the coins whose value is shown in the banks accounts. But if the banks want currency in their branches or for their customers they don't get that service for free, oh no. Even though the bank owns, say a dollar coin, it costs them something more than a dollar to get it back from their agents. So if you get cash from a bank, say a dollar, you're costing the bank money. Oh boy, do they hate cash!
Here's how I think we should organise our coin collections. Right now is a great time if we are in lockdown to collect up all of those loose coins around the house, in your car, wherever. Banks now have these nifty deposit machines to take coin deposits because they figured that way they could sack some of their tellers. Banks are not the best of corporate citizens. You may have noticed that. It really doesn't matter if there's just a few coins out there with a special design or this or that. That only makes them somehow more magical to poor, sad souls with not enough to do in their lives. It's fiat money anyway whose intrinsic worth is its face value because the spoil sports administering the Crimes(Currency)Act 1981 will cut your hands off if you melt coins down for their greater value in metal, or paint them green, whatever. So don't do it.
Stop hoarding the buggers. When we are free to get about our business again, take your coin collection down to your bank. It will really annoy them. You'll get back some value for something that was just otherwise a burden on you and your life and transfer that burden to the bank.
There's never been a better opportunity to organise your coin collection.
This is not a professional or rare collection… just ones that I found where I have lived or traveled to (Japan and France), or received as gifts, and a few of them have sentimental value only to me, and are otherwise worthless to others. lol
basically top to bottom, and mostly from left to right:
- Some British pence, Mexican pesos, and a Canadian dime.
- US pennies - 1970, 1946, 1928, 1927 D (this is my oldest coin)
- a bunch of different Euros in different amounts from all over… they are all euros of course, but each country that uses euros has it's own version stamped on the back. Here I have some from France, Germany, UK, Neatherlands, and Spain.
- Irish 50 pense 1976
- Japanese 青函トンネル (Seikan Tunnel) Commemorative 500yen - Showa 63 (1988)
(this was a gift to me from Belle when we met in person when I visited Japan, thank you so much! This was so exciting for me!)
- French 25 centimes 1932
- Swiss 1/2 Fr 2007
- Japanese 10 yen - Showa 58 (1983), Showa 59 (1984), Heisei 1 (1989), and Heisei 9 (1997)
- Japanese 1 yen - Showa 35 (1960), Heisei 1 (1989)
- Japanese 5 yen - Showa 25 (1950), Showa 39 (1964), Showa 48 (1973), Heisei 1 (1989)
I think I mentioned everything. I have other coins, but they are mostly more of the same, or not as interesting.
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Obverse
German eagle, mintmark below. F = Stuttgart
Lettering: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND ∙ F ∙
Translation: FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ∙ F ∙
Reverse
Two oak branches on either side of the face value.
Lettering: 1 DEUTSCHE MARK 1957
Translation: 1 GERMAN MARK 1957
Engraver: J. Bernhart
Edge Smooth with imprints
Lettering: ~*~ ~·~ ~*~ ~·~ ~*~ ~·~
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The Sasanian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians, was the last kingdom of the Persian Empire before the rise of Islam. Named after the House of Sasan, it ruled from 224 to 651 AD. The Sasanian Empire succeeded the Parthian Empire and was recognized as one of the leading world powers alongside its neighboring arch-rival, the Roman-Byzantine Empire for a period of more than 400 years.
1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar
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Olympic fever swept the nation. The Vancouver 2010 Games stirred a sense of patriotism in Canadians. Team Canada gave our country a total of 14 gold metals---a new Olympic record
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In 1815 the St. Helena economy was bolstered by the arrival of the exiled Napoleon. The Emperor's entourage and the guarding force of British troops suddenly doubled the island's population bringing great prosperity. In order to sustain this growth the Company sent out £50,000 in dollars in 1819. St. Helena was at the peak of its prosperity.
Two years later, in 1821, wheels were set in motion for the supply of two copper coinages specifically struck for use on the island. The first issue was of an unofficial nature and originated from a local firm of merchants called Solomon, Dickson and Taylor. Instructions were sent to England for the manufacture of 70,560 halfpenny tokens. Responsibility for the second issue belonged to the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company based in England. They requested the Mint of Matthew Robinson Boulton, at Soho near Birmingham, to strike a copper coinage to the total value of £1,000. For this sum the Company received 702,704 halfpenny pieces.
Before either of the new copper coinages arrived in St. Helena, Napoleon died on 5th May 1821. Soon after, most of the troops, high military officers, civil servants and their families had left the island. Consequently the demand for the halfpenny pieces never reached the level originally conceived. In 1830 a large surplus stock of the East India Company copper coins in an unissued state was returned to England for melting. It would be easy to conclude from this event that the coinage was a failure. Far from it, the halfpennies remained in circulation on the island and proved an acceptable payment to all parties. These characteristics must have appeared very attractive to a Company which was still encountering difficulties in maintaining a regular supply of silver coin on St. Helena.
David Vice. "The Coinage of British West Africa & St Helena 1684-1958"
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This image is a good example of the value of adding a diffuser between the light source and the subject. I use a Lee 216. Of course, where you place it between the two makes a big difference too. Hope you like the image. Have a great day!
Ireland's Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic. At the time, the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I. This coin was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
The coin contains 0.486 troy ounces of silver, so it can never be worth less than its base value, or BV. To compute BV, multiply the current price of silver by 0.486.
Reverse
The figure of Cú Chulainn is a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin.
Lettering: deiċ scilling
Engraver: T Hugh Paget
Edge
Smooth with Gaelic writing (normal and inverted)
"Easter Rising 1916"
Lettering: Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916
Translation: 1916 Easter Rising
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I used to collect coins when I was younger. Last time I made a list I think I had coins from some 54 different countries.
Most of them came out of use when the Euro arrived.
But my oldest coin (not there in that box) is ca. 1700 years old. It's a Roman coin.
The reverse, shown here, is a roman soldier advancing left, spearing a fallen horseman who is reaching out to the soldier. The legend reads FEL TEMP REPARATIO which translates as "The restoration of happy times" or "Happy days are here again". This is symbolizing Constantius as the person who restored those happy times by defeating the barbarians, most likely the Persians.
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This coin is pushing 400 years old. I wonder where it's been all that time.
Obverse
Burgundian Cross of Burgundy, with crown, firesteel, and Golden Fleece
Lettering: ·PHIL·IIII·D·G·HISP·ET·INDIAR·REX·
Translation: Philip IV, by the grace of God, King of the Spains and the Indies
Reverse
Crowned shield in collar of the Golden Fleece
Lettering: ·ARCHID·AVST·DVX·BVRG·BRAB·Zᶜ.
Translation: Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, etc.
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German Medal 1916
Obverse
A kneeling to the right woman holds in her right hand and a jewelry box in her outstretched left hand, a chain with a pendant.
Lettering: IN EISERNER ZEIT
1916
Reverse
Oak leaves under five-line inscription.
Lettering: GOLD GAB ICH ZUR WEHR EISEN NAHM ICH ZUR EHR
“Gold for Iron” was the call during the 1st War; an exchange of gold for iron. Wedding rings, brooches, rings and jewelry (some of the symbolism of the Iron Cross were Echoing) issued to the citizens willing to donate.
Even though the action was voluntary, a considerable social pressure was been generated to participate.
The Social Control of involvement was simple: Those who wore the iron jewelry had proved to be a patriot, who showed a continued gold, lost its reputation.
Not only individuals but also institutions were invited to exchange gold for iron. This included the ability of clubs, churches and government agencies.
From 1916 a medal was presented as a reward for the supply of jewelry or an exchange of gold for paper money (which is quickly losing its value) from the Reichsbank to the population.
The medals were issued in numerous versions and very large numbers. They are made of blackened iron, have a weight of 15.4g - 20.4g and have a diameter of 39-41mm.
This medal was designed by Hermann Hosaeus.
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The El Cazador, a Spanish brigantine of war, was lost without a trace in the winter of 1784 while on route from Vera Cruz Mexico to the port of New Orleans. The wreck site was accidentally discovered on August 2, 1993 by a fishing vessel working the area. The treasure of the El Cazador, consisting of over 400,000 Spanish 8 reales and an equal amount of smaller denomination Spanish colonial coins from the Mexico City mint, was intended to stabilize the Spanish monetary system in colonial North America. Her loss contributed to Spain's eventual conveyance of Louisiana to France's Napoleon in 1800. The rest is history, as three years later in 1803, Napoleon of France sold Louisiana to the United States, instantly doubling the size of the country.
ALFONSO XIII as a boy depicted on this coin.
Alfonso, the posthumous son of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria, was born in Madrid, Spain, on 17th May 1886. His mother acted as regent until 1902 when he assumed full power.
In 1906 Alfonso XIII married Princess Ena of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. An attempt was made to kill the couple on their wedding day. This was the first of several attempts to kill Alfonso.
Alfonso XIII became increasingly autocratic and in 1909 was condemned for ordering the execution of the radical leader, Ferrer Guardia, in Barcelona. He also prevented liberal reforms being introduced before the First World War.
Blamed for the Spanish defeat in the Moroccan War (1921) Alfonso XIII was in constant conflict with Spanish politicians. His anti-democratic views encouraged Miguel Primo de Rivera to lead a military coup in 1923. Alfonso gave his support to Rivera's military dictatorship but Rivera lost power in 1930 and the following year he agreed to democratic elections.
When the Spanish people voted overwhelmingly for a republic, Alfonso was advised that the only way to avoid large-scale violence was to go into exile. Alfonso agreed and left the country on 14th April, 1931.
When the Spanish Civil War broke out Alfonso made it clear he favoured the military uprising against the Popular Front government. However, in September 1936 General Francisco Franco announced that the Nationalists would never accept Alfonso as king. Alfonso XIII died in Rome, Italy, on 28th February, 1941.
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ICCS Certified 1928 Canadian 10 cent coin, photographed through the double layer plastic package. This kind of packaging is the least photo friendly type of certified coin packaging I’ve come across. It scratches very easily and the curved surfaces catch reflections for every angle. Thant's not saying they can't be photographed, but the double layer of plastic I have to shot through does lessen the image quality. If you're thinking of getting coins ICCS certified and you want them photographed, I recommend you shoot them first. Just sayin...
This high-grade original ancient Greek silver stater coin is one of the most famous and sought-after of ancient coins. It dates back about 2,300 years to the era of the original Greek Olympic Games, circa 370 to 330 BCE. The coin is from from Pamphylia, Aspendos, and features an Olympic scene of two wrestlers grappling. The reverse features a warrior with a sling, about to discharge his weapon. The city's name is to the left of the warrior and to the right is a triskelion (three legs radiating from a common centre.)
The original Olympic games are generally dated back to 776 BCE, and continued every four years through both Greek and Roman rule until 393 CE when they were suppressed by emperor Theodosius I as part of his campaign to impose Christianity as the state religion of the Roman empire. During the celebration of the games, an Olympic truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their cities to the games in safety. The prizes for the victors were olive leaf wreaths or crowns.
The games became a political tool used by city-states to assert dominance over their rivals. Politicians would announce political alliances at the games, and in times of war, priests would offer sacrifices to the gods for victory. The games were also used to help spread Hellenistic culture throughout the Mediterranean. The Olympics also featured religious celebrations. The statue of Zeus at Olympia was counted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Sculptors and poets would congregate each Olympiad to display their works of art to would-be patrons.
The ancient Olympics had fewer events than the modern games, and only freeborn Greek men were allowed to participate. As long as they met the entrance criteria, athletes from any Greek city-state and kingdom were allowed to participate. The games were always held at Olympia rather than moving between different locations, as is the practice with the modern Olympic Games. Victors at the Olympics were honoured and their feats chronicled for future generations.
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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.
During the 1920’s 1930’s there were few names in the numismatic world as well known as Henry and Julius Guttag, prominent New York City numismatists and securities dealers. The brothers were the owners of Guttag Brothers, with offices on Wall Street and Stone Street in lower Manhattan. Their first numismatic ads in 1920 offered to buy 100 Isabella quarters for $45 and announced that, “We are quantity dealers.”
Julius Guttag had become a coin collector at 15 and remained deeply involved in the field right down to his death in 1962. He was Life Member 24 of the American Numismatic Association (ANA). In 1924 he became the chief proponent of Coin Week that soon expanded into a nationwide annual event directed by the ANA that later became known as National Coin Week.
National Coin Week began in 1923 when American Numismatic Association Governor Julius Guttag suggested that a week-long event should be established “to attract the general public to our hobby and consequently increase our membership, and aid in our science.” That December, the first announcement of a “Coin Week” was made in The Numismatist and scheduled for the week of February 9-16, 1924. In 1942 the observance was moved to the third full week of April, where it has remained ever since
A beautiful 1963 Greek coin from the J. Arnold Collection., celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Five Greek Kings. Commemorating the centennial of the reign of the House of Glücksburg. Clockwise from the top: Paul, George II, Alexander, Constantine I and George I.
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Leeds Half Penny Token Fron 1791 & 1795
1793
Obverse Bust of Bishop Blaze right.
Lettering: SUCCESS TO THE YORKSHIRE WOOLEN MANUFACTORY
Reverse Leeds Cloth Hall.
Lettering: LEEDS HALFPENNY 1793
Edge: Lettered
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Shape: Round
Varieties Issued in 1793.
Coin has only one variety: 1793.
Value Halfpenny
Metal Copper
Category British Token Coins
Weight 11.8 g.
Diameter 28.8 mm.
1791
1791 Leeds Half Penny Featured is a Halfpenny token struck for Leeds and the surrounding area on behalf of Richard Paley, a local merchant.
Commemorative Coin Collection
The 1804 silver dollar is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world.
The term silver dollar is often used for any large white metal coin issued by the United States with a face value of one dollar; although purists insist that a dollar is not silver unless it contains some of that metal.
Unlike in Canada where the one dollar and two dollar coin have been largely circulated since the late 1980's, the US dollar coins have found little popularity and acceptance in circulation in the United States since the early 20th century; despite several attempts since 1971 to phase in a US dollar coin in place of the paper one dollar bill.
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The uprising in Colombia occurs in 1810, but the Spanish reaction is brutal and the country gained independence nine years later thanks to the victory of Boyaca, August 7, 1819, won by Bolivar. Angostura Congress in December 1819 saw the creation of the Great Colombia, which includes Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. This set does not survive Bolivar (1783-1830). Venezuela left the Confederation in 1829, Ecuador in 1830, Panama in 1903.
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Mauritius was a British Crown Colony off the Southeast coast of Africa.
Formerly part of the French colonial empire, British rule in Mauritius was established de facto with the Invasion of Isle de France in November 1810, and de jure by the subsequent Treaty of Paris.
British rule ended on 12 March 1968, when Mauritius became independent.
Obverse
Queen Victoria facing left
Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse
2 in beaded circle
Lettering:
· MAURITIUS ·
TWO CENTS 1883
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Lucilla- This Roman coin is in pretty rough shape. After all, it has been kicking around for over 18 centuries, but even still, I really like the texture on it. Photographically, it presented a few challenges. This coin has a very matte surface so it absorbs all the light. When it's photographed, even with a combination of side and frontal lighting, as I used, the relief on the coin was barley visible. To bring out the bust out of the background I had to dodge and burn different areas of the image.
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (March 7, 148 or 150 – 182)
In light of her brother's unstable rule, in 182 Lucilla became involved in a plot to assassinate Commodus and replace him with her husband and herself as the new rulers of Rome. Her co-conspirators included Tarrutenius Paternus, the head of the Imperial Guard, her daughter Plautia from her first marriage, a nephew of Quintianus also called Quintianus, and her paternal cousins, the former consul Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus and his sister Ummidia Cornificia Faustina.
Quintianus' nephew, brandishing a dagger or sword, bungled the assassination attempt. As he burst forth from his hiding place to commit the deed, he boasted to Commodus "Here is what the Senate sends to you", giving away his intentions before he had the chance to act. Commodus's guards were faster and the would-be assassin was overpowered without injuring the emperor.
Commodus ordered the deaths of Quintianus' nephew and of Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus, and banished Lucilla, her daughter and Ummidia Cornificia Faustina to the Italian island of Capri. He sent a centurion there to execute them later that year. Her son Pompeianus was later murdered by Caracalla.
It may surprise peopel to know i have a coin collection. It was gathering dust in the attic when I lived in one room, now it's out and somewhat on display in the closet guestroom.
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In 1815 the St. Helena economy was bolstered by the arrival of the exiled Napoleon. The Emperor's entourage and the guarding force of British troops suddenly doubled the island's population bringing great prosperity. In order to sustain this growth the Company sent out £50,000 in dollars in 1819. St. Helena was at the peak of its prosperity.
Two years later, in 1821, wheels were set in motion for the supply of two copper coinages specifically struck for use on the island. The first issue was of an unofficial nature and originated from a local firm of merchants called Solomon, Dickson and Taylor. Instructions were sent to England for the manufacture of 70,560 halfpenny tokens. Responsibility for the second issue belonged to the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company based in England. They requested the Mint of Matthew Robinson Boulton, at Soho near Birmingham, to strike a copper coinage to the total value of £1,000. For this sum the Company received 702,704 halfpenny pieces.
Before either of the new copper coinages arrived in St. Helena, Napoleon died on 5th May 1821. Soon after, most of the troops, high military officers, civil servants and their families had left the island. Consequently the demand for the halfpenny pieces never reached the level originally conceived. In 1830 a large surplus stock of the East India Company
coins in an unissued state was returned to England for melting. It would be easy to conclude from this event that the coinage was a failure. Far from it, the halfpennies remained in circulation on the island and proved an acceptable payment to all parties. These characteristics must have appeared very attractive to a Company which was still encountering difficulties in maintaining a regular supply of silver coin on St. Helena.
David Vice. "The Coinage of British West Africa & St Helena 1684-1958"
I love the detail in this coin.
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German States Thaler 1865 B
BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9000
Weight: 18.5200g
ASW: 0.5359oz
DESIGN
Obverse: Head right
Obverse Legend: WILHELM HERZOG Z. BRAUNSCHWEIG U. LUN
Reverse: Crowned and mantled arms
Reverse Legend: EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN
NOTES
Ruler: Wilhelm
Note: Vereins Thaler.
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The Coat of Arms of the Isle of Man, blazoned Gules three legs in armour flexed at the knee and conjoined at the thigh, all proper, garnished and spurred dates from the late 13th century.
The actual name of the eye-catching three-legged device is the triune or triskellion. QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT means “Wherever you throw me, I will land.” which is the motto of the small Isle of Man located between Scotland, Ireland, and England.
That's Queen Victoria, of course, on the obverse side of the coin.
Milan
Benito Mussolini/Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy 1900-1946
Obverse depicts bust of King right. On the reverse is a rider on a leaping horse. For the Exhibition in Milan.
The modern dictator’s name appears infrequently on coins.
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Thought it was interesting to show how the font on the 5 yen coin has changed over the years.
TOP LEFT : 昭和25年 - Showa 25 - (1950)
TOP RIGHT: 昭和39年 - Showa 39 - (1964)
BOTTOM: 平成元年 - Heisei 1 - (1989)
50:365
This is under my bed. Of course the mosaic took off most of the shot, but you can see 2 curious kitties... On the side is some of my favs in the Cat Cave (aka, under the bed). We are attempting to fix it a second time... Cross your fingers!
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The legend of Saint George and the Dragon tells of Saint George (died 303) taming and slaying a dragon that demanded human sacrifices; the saint thereby rescues the princess chosen as the next offering. The narrative was first set in Cappadocia in the earliest sources of the 11th and 12th centuries, but transferred to Libya in the 13th-century Golden Legend.
The narrative has pre-Christian origins (Jason and Medea, Perseus and Andromeda, Typhon, etc.), and is recorded in various saints' lives prior to its attribution to St. George specifically. It was particularly attributed to Saint Theodore Tiro in the 9th and 10th centuries, and was first transferred to Saint George in the 11th century.
The oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon is found in a Georgian text of the 11th century.
The legend and iconography spread rapidly through the Byzantine cultural sphere in the 12th century. It reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades. The knights of the First Crusade believed that St. George, along with his fellow soldier-saints Demetrius, Maurice and Theodore, had fought alongside them at Antioch and Jerusalem. The legend was popularized in Western tradition in the 13th century based on its Latin versions in the Speculum Historiale and the Golden Legend. At first limited to the courtly setting of Chivalric romance, the legend was popularized in the 13th century and became a favorite literary and pictorial subject in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, and it has become an integral part of the Christian traditions relating to Saint George in both Eastern and Western tradition.
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Celebrate the British spirit of adventure
In August 1768, Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on HM Bark Endeavour, commencing what would become a three-year voyage of discovery. It was the first of three such journeys for the intrepid pioneer, during which he would circumnavigate the world twice. His spirit of adventure helped to fill in the blanks on the world map and improve our knowledge of new places, peoples, plants and even other planets. 250 years later, The Royal Mint invites you to join us on a three-year adventure through history in coins. A series of three £2 coins, released each year from 2018 to 2020, will explore Captain Cook’s voyage of discovery in real time. The coins carry three intriguing designs by sculptor Gary Breeze, which combine to create a single, complete image that tells the story of Captain Cook’s voyage.
1st coin.
250 years ago, the spirit of adventure of a determined man from a humble background greatly expanded our scientific and cultural understanding of the world. Captain James Cook’s first voyage of discovery began on 25 August 1768 when he set sail from Plymouth aboard HM Bark Endeavour. His main objective was to record people, places and plants while also improving our understanding of a world beyond our own by observing the Transit of Venus from Tahiti. But he also carried a second set of orders in a sealed envelope that was not to be opened until the observation from Tahiti had been completed. 5,000 miles from Plymouth, Captain Cook had crossed the equator, reaching Rio de Janeiro in November 1768. Now, 250 years after the first leg of his journey. Together they will follow Cook’s famous voyage to Tahiti and beyond in real time. These coins tell the story of Captain Cook’s adventure.
2nd coin.
"Artist Gary Breeze commemorates Captain Cook’s time at Tahiti in 1769, with a 2nd design featuring the mast of the HM Bark Endeavour below a celestial image of the Transit of Venus." In 1769, Cook and his crew departed Rio De Janeiro on a course for Tahiti, where they planned to build an observatory to witness the rare Transit of Venus phenomenon. Cook's studies and findings enabled scientists to begin to calculate the size of our Solar System.
3rd coin.
Another coin charting the final stage of his voyage - "the search for the fabled southern continent that scholars had speculated about for centuries" - will be released later in 2020, completing the set. It’s hard to say just exactly how much this new commemorative coin could be worth to collectors in the future without the official mintage figures (i.e. without knowing just how many the Royal Mint are producing and releasing into circulation).
An example of the Seated Liberty silver dollar, designed by Christian Gobrecht.
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Modernized Bridal Headdresses
Two months ago, while examining my father's coin collection, I noticed that there was a woman's head over 50 cents. The headdress that the woman wore caught my attention and I did a research. This woman is Sabiha Tansuğ. A photograph of Tansuğ with the "Ankara Bride Headdress" was printed on 50 cents and Sabiha Tansuğ went down in history as the first folk artist in the world whose portrait was minted for coins. Women's bridal headdresses were brought to Anatolia in the 9th and 11th centuries by nomads who migrated from Central Asia. It is stated in various sources that Uyghur women make very different and flamboyant head layouts, wear patent leather-lacquered shoes (boğtak) and attach importance to jewelry. Boğtak headdress shows similarities with high headdresses seen in Anatolia. Uyghur women make their hair bun and decorate it with a crown. In addition to the short caps, in the Boğtak headdress with a forward slope, the top of which is wider, the cover that is covered from the top goes down to the waist in the back. These headdresses, which are decorated with precious stones, also have some feathers attached to
them. In the sorch frescoes, it can be seen how much importance women give to hair toilet. The female foundations with hair curled in hard curls and shaped like a butterfly have a short top on their head. High bulge headdresses seen in Uyghurs were used by married women in Mongols. Based on this idea, I wanted to design modernized bridal headpieces.