Many of the colonial-era Canadian territories' tokens (mainly half-penny size) have ships on them as well.
What's important here is noticing the "IVN" - literally an abbreviation of "Junior" - in the obverse legend. You will find IVN legends on the...
Public executions served multiple purposes - in a time without the sorts of pastimes and entertainments we take for granted, public meting-out of...
Thanks for the clarification - it clears up an old misconception. The Civil War and its tokens isn't really a major field of study for me - I do a...
The "DIX" refers to Ft. Dix which I believe was (is?) in NJ. Liberia was founded by the US around the time of the Civil War primarily as a place...
I posted this photo yesterday in a different thread - was that your inspiration for this one, or is it merely another example of great minds...
The Greek minors of this era were pure copper and relatively soft. Like many large, pure copper coins, they're seldom found without "flat spots"...
I had no idea this thread existed - most of it seems to be from days before I was intermittently active on this forum. So I'll start with a photo...
I highly recommend this resource! - It also contains a link to Svoronos (among many other useful and informative pages.)
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With a title of "A Blacker Black" I keep expecting someone to break into a chorus of "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
I guess all of us of "a certain age" probably have half a shoebox full of curling old B&W Brownie shots of Christmases in a previous century - we,...
It might sound counter-intuitive, but knowing what you're looking for in legends can be a very important factor in helping to decipher vague or...
I use the 6 1/2" x 8" black velvet "board" insert from a small jewelry tray. Usually this, plus elevating the subject above the background (I use...
[IMG] Christmas, 1957, my somewhat disreputable (but fun and loving) Weird Uncle Lester gave me this group of five "Roman" coins (only one is an...
I would normally start off suggesting the prolific mint-cities of the Danube basin and their seemingly endless variety of small and tiny Æ's...
You sort of need to adjust your way of thinking about a chronological series when you approach the subject of the Ptolemaic coins. Arranging them...
I couldn't be certain, not having any particular expertise in the field of exonumia in general (aside from my own packrat-like acquisitions I have...
One thing I have noted over my 60+ years' involvement with coins is that among younger/newer collectors there seems to be a clear bifurcation...
Paypal has already hit me with a small fee for using "Friends and Family" for a domestic purchase from a private (not corporate or advertised)...
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