Post 'em up - the weirdest coin related items you have ever seen

Cool! I don't know if you noticed, but the end of the handle is the Brazilian/Portuguese coat of arms that preceded the one shown on the coin. Here it is on a 1747 6400 Reis (not mine).

 

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The scrolly things on the left and right are seemingly dragons:

 

That's an awesome piece, very well made.

 

An old Swedish 5 öre coin as a manhole cover:



If the image does not show, click this link to see the Swedish one, and a few more. https://www.pinterest.com/tineke10/manhole-covers-putdeksels/ (Not all those covers are designed after coins, but they still are fun.)

 

Now that is not something I would have ever imagined seeing. Awesome

 

This guy living in Japan got bored at work. So he decides to make large, MDF and wood-board versions of Japanese coins. Pretty sweet-looking:

http://blueswatch.blogspot.com/2013/07/replica-coins.html

 

Who is that furry fellow?

 

Walter Breen

 

Oh jeez, have you read the Wikipedia page on him? Crazy stuff man :O

 

Gross. That man was a monster.

 

Always gets me how some of the most brilliant people are also eccentric as hell, sometimes not in a good way.

 

Pretty cool, is that a denominated coin?

 

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Agreed! I hate cancer, as it has taken some very important people from me. Yet, this is one instance I would be cheering cancer on. I hope he suffered greatly!

 

Coin Week has a video of Breen speaking in 1986, just prior to the publication of his seminal work, "Encyclopedia". Look at the video comments section. Seems like someone fell under his spell...

http://www.coinweek.com/education/numismatic-history/walter-breen-interview-from-1986/

 

"...He was very paternalistic to me, and filled gaps that my father was unable to ..."

Yuck. If that doesn't say it all....

 

Here's one I had laying around, not particularly weird, but I have no idea what it was used for. Maybe a fob for a clock? Kind of a shame though, the two older roubles would have had a pretty good value.