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Who is the young girl on the face of this 1941 Netherlands bank note? It's taken from the work "Young Girl" by Paulus Moreelse
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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.
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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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.
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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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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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An example of the Seated Liberty silver dollar, designed by Christian Gobrecht.
For more on US dollar coins, see www.valuable-coin-stories.com/silver-dollar-coin.html
Obverse
Hammer and sickle overlain on globe above sun with rays, all within wreath or sheaf of wheat stalks, star above.
15 orbits of ribbon on wreath (7 + 1 + 7 orbits).
Lettering: СССР
Translation: USSR
Reverse
Denomination and date within wreath.
Lettering:
20
КОПЕЕК
1968
Translation:
20
Kopecks
1968
Edge
Reeded
I love the juxtaposition of rich texture beside mirror smooth surfaces, and the play of light across them.
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A twenty dollar gold piece of 1854, struck at the Philadelphia Mint, likely of California gold. Gold had been discovered in California's Sierra Nevada six years earlier in 1848, and was now shipping East in a steady stream. A new mint at San Francisco opened in the year this coin was struck. There were as well a number of private minting companies in California that struck their own renditions of these coins, with government permission.
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A short video on basic coin image compilation with a Sassanian Kings Drachm.
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Rev: Lupa Romana standing left, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above. Legend below - • ASIS •
See the Obverse side here www.flickr.com/photos/188245917@N03/49846071903/in/datepo...: Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma facing left. Legend around - VRBS ROMA
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Denarius, MN. AEMILIO LEP, Ancient Roman Republic, 114-113 BC
Obverse Description
Laureate head of Roma facing right; behind, the denomination mark X with bar; in front, ROMA
Edge Description
Plain
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Coins are a large collectors' market and creating professional images of collectibles is necessary for both catalog and online sales and auctioning. Coins come in various shapes, sizes, colors, materials and texture.
Over time they wear and tarnish and each coin develops an appearance as individual as a snowflake. These different coin surfaces, textures and reflectivity require different methods of photography to produce a satisfactory image, especially considering the subjective nature of collectibles. Some collectors like to see a coin's wear and toning, while others only appreciate the artistry. I’ve photographed gold & silver coins and bullion, ancient coins, world coins, proof coins, coin sets and banknotes. I’m sure that after you’ve seen the many samples of my work included in the Image Gallery, you’ll choose HipShot Photography to capture the character and beauty of your coins.
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This ancient coin is from 218 AD and is part of my personal collection. It was shot as a raw coin. I love the texture and little cracks along the outer edge. I’ve been told that 75% of collectable coins are uncertified. Does that number seem high or low to you?
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Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma facing left. Legend around - VRBS ROMA
See the reverse side here: www.flickr.com/photos/188245917@N03/49846606916/in/datepo... Rev: Lupa Romana standing left, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above. Legend below - • ASIS •
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Obverse
Crown inside inner circle, legend around.
Lettering: BIRMINGHAM & WARWICKSHIRE
Reverse
Denomination and date inside inner circle, legend around.
Lettering:
ONE
PENNY
1812
FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
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Spanish Colonial 8 Reales - 1747 - Mexico City mint - Reverse.
Also known as a "piece of eight" or "Spanish Milled Dollar". Early American currency was denominated in these coins, which, due to their high silver content, were accepted in trade around the world.
Note that this is a later form of the piece of eight -- round, instead of the irregular shapes of earlier coins. This was due to the introduction of the screw press and collar, as used in European mints.
See www.valuable-coin-stories.com/silver-dollar-coin.html for more on the role of this coin in the American colonies.
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Between 1860 to 1875, no 1-cent coin was produced in the Province du Canada, but it 1867 they started making these...
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Matla - Cottenera Gate Commemorative Issue Coin 1974
The Notre Dame Gate, built in 1675 in the Baroque style, is the main gate of the Cottonera Lines, located in Birgu, Malta.
The Cottonera Lines are a line of fortifications in Cospicua and Birgu, Malta, built in the 17th and 18th centuries. to form the outer defenses of the Three Cities. The Cottonera Lines were meant to accommodate up to 40,000 people and their animals within their circumference.
Type: Non-circulating coin
Year: 1974
Value 4 Liri (Maltese Pounds) (4 MTL)
Currency Lira (1972-2007)
Composition Silver (.987)
Weight 20 g
Diameter 38.2 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Demonetized Yes
An example of the Seated Liberty silver dollar, designed by Christian Gobrecht.
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What do the words “DECUS ET TUTAMEN” mean in English?
This legend, often seen on lettered edges of some English Coins, is Latin for: An ornament and a safeguard.
It first appeared on the edge of all early large milled silver coins as a warning against “clipping”. It also appears on the edge of current U.K. and Northern Ireland one pound coins.
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Dutch Republic 1 Duit 1634
Obverse
Shield of arms on floral long cross Reverse
TRA/IEC/TVM/(date) in wreath Country
Dutch Republic (Utrecht) (Netherlands)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1617-1654
Value 1 Duit (1/160)
Currency Gulden (1581-1795)
Composition Copper
Weight 2.0000 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (Irregular)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
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Dutch Republic 1 Duit 1634
Obverse
Shield of arms on floral long cross Reverse
TRA/IEC/TVM/(date) in wreath Country
Dutch Republic (Utrecht) (Netherlands)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1617-1654
Value 1 Duit (1/160)
Currency Gulden (1581-1795)
Composition Copper
Weight 2.0000 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (Irregular)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
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Every Sunday morning in the Plaça Reial there is a stamp and coin fair. I think it's fair to say the collectors were almost universally male and older than me, hence the title of this photo.
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In 1797 the British government authorized Matthew Boulton to strike copper pennies and twopences at his Soho Mint, in Birmingham. It was believed that the face value of a coin should correspond to the value of the material it was made from, so each coin was made from two pence worth of copper (2 ounces). This requirement means that the coins are significantly larger than the silver pennies minted previously. The large size of the coins, combined with the thick rim where the inscription was punched into the metal, led to the coins being nicknamed "cartwheels". All "cartwheel" twopences are marked with the date 1797. In total, around 720,000 twopences were minted.
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A small sample of early 1900's Canadian pennies. Personally, I love the warm tones of these coins.
In Canada, a penny is a coin worth one cent, or 1⁄100 of a dollar. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official national term of the coin is the "one-cent piece", but in practice the terms penny and cent predominate. Originally, "penny" referred to a two-cent coin. When the two-cent coin was discontinued, penny took over as the new one-cent coin's name. Penny was likely readily adopted because the previous coinage in Canada (up to 1858) was the British monetary system, where Canada used British pounds, shillings, and pence as coinage alongside U.S. decimal coins and Spanish milled dollars.
Production of the penny ceased in May 2012, and the Royal Canadian Mint ceased the distribution of them as of February 4, 2013. However, like all discontinued currency in the Canadian monetary system, the coin remains legal tender. Once distribution of the coin ceased, though, vendors were no longer expected to return pennies as change for cash purchases, and were encouraged to round purchases to the nearest five cents. Non-cash transactions are still denominated to the cent.
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1636 Double Tournois of the French city state of Boisbelle and Henrichemont
The man on the coin with the ruffled collar is Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 1560 – 22 December 1641) He was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and faithful right-hand man who assisted king Henry IV of France in the rule of France. Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques. While not all of his policies were original, he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars. Most, however, were repealed by later monarchs who preferred absolute power.
Obverse
Lettering:
MAXI.D.BETHVNE.P.S.DENRIC
Translation: Maximilien de Béthune, prince souverain d'Henrichemont Reverse
Lettering: +.DOVBLE.TOVRNOIS.1636.L. Edge
Smooth
Country Principality of Boisbelle-Henrichemont (France - Feudal)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1636
Value 2 Deniers (1/120)
Currency Livre
Composition Copper
Weight 2.5 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓ Demonetized Yes
MOROCCO Mohammed V, 1927-1961. 10 Francs AH 1347 (1928) Paris.
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Obverse
Date within small circle of doubled tri-lobe star, all within circle
Lettering:
EMPIRE CHERIFIEN
1347
Engraver: Lindauer
Reverse
Value within doubled square within circle
Lettering:
MAROC
20
FRANCS
Engraver: Lindauer
Edge
Reeded.
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These were the original pieces of eight. Unlike the Spanish milled dollar that came later, these coins were irregular in shape. This was due to their crude method of manufacture. Bars of high grade silver were extruded at the mint. Pieces were sliced from the bars, then struck by hand, one at a time, using a hammer, a punch, and an anvil. Hand cut dies were embedded in the anvil and the punch. The coiner placed a pre-heated piece of silver upon the anvil, positioned the punch atop the silver. A heavy hammer blow drove the punch into the silver, and the silver into the anvil, imparting the design to both sides. Large shears were used to adjust the weight of the completed coin.
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Constans II & Constantine IV (A.D. 641-668), gold Solidus, mint of Constantinople, O N CONSTANTINUS C CONSTAN,
Bust of Constans II with long beard at left. Bust of Constantine IV, beardless, at right. Each wears a chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. Cross between their heads, rev. VICTORIA AVGU Θ, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue
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Coins made at the Potosi Mint in what is now Bolivia did not enjoy the wide commercial acceptance of the Mexico City mint coinage.
In 1649 there was a corruption issue at Potosi -- lightweight coins of debased alloy -- and the mintmaster was apparently in on the deal. An official was sent out from Madrid who, it is said, had the offending party executed in the courtyard of the mint, in full view of the workers.
In an attempt to create more confidence in the Potosi Mint products, a new design for the coins was introduced -- the "pillars and waves" that you see on this coin, dated 1653. The last two digits of the year, "53", can be seen in the lower center of the obverse side, just above the waves.
This particular piece shows considerable corrosion from seawater. The year after it was produced this coin became part of a cargo shipped on the Maravillas, a Spanish treasure galleon which sunk off the Florida coast in 1656.
Except for the above -- it's just another boring old coin.
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The US twenty dollar gold piece is also known as a "double eagle". Since the earliest years of US coinage, a ten dollar gold piece was called an "eagle".
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These model coins were issued by Joseph Moore between 1844 and 1848, when the Government was tentatively discussing plans to replace the heavy copper coinage then in circulation. They were produced in such large numbers, and became so popular with the public, that the Royal Mint had to make an official pronouncement stating that they were not responsible for their manufacture.
Several variants using different dies exist. With the obverse, the types are distinguished by the letter of the word "Victoria" that the Queen's nose points to. With the reverse the types are distinguished by the number of horizontal lines within the numeral "1", varying between 27 and 34.