Coin of Note @CoinOfNote

I share numismatic information & images I enjoy.. Participant in #SaturdayNightCoinShow, #TokenTuesday #MondayMedal On Mastodon: @[email protected] historians.social/@CoinOfNote Australia Joined May 2018

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Coin of Note @CoinOfNote

6 months ago

The newsletter is very late this fortnight, but I'm about to board a long flight home, so it will be even later. In the meantime, can you guess this tricky small coin? Let us know, and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to find out the answer! coinofnote.com/newsletter/

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7 months ago

Can you guess the Mystery Coin? #WhatIsIt? Tell us! It's a bronze coloured coin. "1" between two ... towers?, "Kobo" below. Don't forget to subscribe to the fortnightly newsletter to find out the answer (& next #MysteryCoin first! coinofnote.com/newsletter/ #Numismatics #Coins

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7 months ago

An interesting pieces in this week's E-Sylum about how ancient Roman lead pollution can be tied to coins: coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28… - It is (or was) terrible for the Romans, but fascinating to see how things like this can be traced back. #Numismatics #News #Rome #History

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Coin of Note @CoinOfNote

7 months ago

Bismuth is one of my favourite metals. I wrote about it last year: coinofnote.com/1oz-bismuth-in… If you enjoyed that & a little science, you may like this video by The Action Lab on the strange #magnetism of #Bismuth: youtube.com/watch?v=g-77Ec… He does a lot of great #science videos.

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7 months ago

Who guessed this fortnight's #MysteryCoin? It was a 1988 #Ecuador 50 Centavos: coinofnote.com/1988-ecuador-5… Learn about the country with a river coming down a mountain on their coat of arms! What is your favourite landscape on a coat of arms? #Numismatics #SaturdayNightCoinShow

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7 months ago

This is an ad & you could make one cheaper, but I do like the idea - imagine a penny set, each with a picture of something from that year. Have you ever done or seen anything similar? #SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #History

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7 months ago

A #Medallion for a very Happy Valentines Day to all!

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Coin of Note @CoinOfNote

8 months ago

On this day in 1794, the first sitting of the United States Senate opened to the public. With the order this week to stop production of the US Cent, here is one I like, the 1857 "Flying Eagle" cent: coinofnote.com/1857-usa-cent/ #Numismatics #History #CoinCollecting #OnThisDay

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8 months ago

Archaeologists uncover gold and silver ritual offerings at a 7th century cult site phys.org/news/2025-02-a… A recent study by Dr. Jan-Willem de Kort and his colleagues, published in Medieval Archaeology, uncovered an early #medieval cult site in the #Netherlands. #AncientCoins

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Coin of Note @CoinOfNote

8 months ago

On this day 400 years ago, the city of New Amsterdam, now New York, was incorporated. Here is a song which references that: youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39… And my Byzantine Follis which references the song: coinofnote.com/518-27-justin-… #SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting

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8 months ago

And did you guess last fortnight's #MysteryCoin? Only a couple did. The coin was the 1975 Iceland 1 Króna. Come on a journey to where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet: coinofnote.com/1975-iceland-1… #Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #SaturdayNightCoinShow

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8 months ago

I haven't posted an #AncientCoin / #AncientCoins for #SaturdayNightCoinShow in awhile, so lets remedy that now. Here is a #Roman #Coin from 324-329 AD, under emperor Constantine showing a nice "camp gate" theme: coinofnote.com/324-329-ad-con… #Numismatics #History #Histodons

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8 months ago

Today in 1864, the Second Schleswig War started when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig; the impetus for my own ancestors to emmigrate. This 1856 Danish 16 Skilling Rigsmønt was one of the first coins on the site: coinofnote.com/1856-denmark-1… #OnThisDay #History

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8 months ago

Who likes looking at all the pretty mint releases - whether or not you can afford or intend to buy any? I got an email this morning with Coin Invest Trust's "Winter" 2025 releases: cit.li/launch/42/wint… Here are some I liked. #Coins #Gold #Silver #CoinCollecting #Mint