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Timurid Silver 1/3 Tanka of Shah Rukh (minted in Jarun sometime between 1405 and 1447):

 

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Japanese Gold 2 Bu (minted in Edo in either 1868 or 1869 by the Mint Official Mitsutsugu):

 

Mughal Silver Rupee of Shah Alam II (minted in Hathras in either 1787 or 1788):

 

Chandellas of Jejakabhukti Gold 1-1,8 Masha of Kirttivarman (minted sometime between 1060 and 1100):

 

Anglo-Gallic Gold Salut d’or of Henry VI (minted in Rouen in 1423):

 

Kingdom of France Gold Ecu d'or of Charles VII (minted in Tournai on the 12th of August 1445):

 

Canadian medal commemorating Edward VII's coronation, June 26, 1902.

 

This is a 1578 Netherlands 1S One Stuiver coin originally minted in by the Dutch government but then Counterstamped by the city of Deventer during the Siege of 1591.

 

Burji Mamluk Gold Dinar of Barquq (minted in Cairo in either 1391 or 1392):



At 13,60 grams, this is the heaviest Islamic Gold Dinar that I know of.

 

1803 Austrian 20K

 

First my new most recent purchase:

 

The old most recent:

 

The Holborn Restaurant (1874-1955)

At its peak it boasted a grill room, grand restaurant with dancing and cabaret, private dining rooms and fourteen smaller restaurants. The proximity of entertainment offered by the Holborn Empire, Stoll Cinema and Kingsway Theatre, and shops such as Gamages meant a huge potential clientele

 

Marinid Gold Dinar of Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (minted in Fes sometime between 1248 and 1258):

 

Brunswick-Luneburg-Hannover 1789 St. Andrew

 

Zangid Silver 1/2 Dirham of al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il (minted in Halab sometime between 1174 and 1180):

 

Just got this 1789-C Minted at the Clausthal Mint in Brunswick-Luneburg
Looking at the Wildman he looks like hes not eating. Graded an MS-58

 

That Saxony Thaler is a nice one.

 

Medal of the Mother Hen, undated (ca.1680)
by J. Kittel

Obverse: A mother hen with chicks beneath a fig tree entwined with vines, with olive trees on either side.
Reverse: Personified Justice with a sword, scales, and palm branch, and personified Industry with a beehive, stand at an altar upon which lies an open book, with the radiant name of Jehovah above.

Diameter: 46.59
Weight: 29.35
Fr.u.S. 5039.