Fr. 2231-A $10,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note
Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note
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should be distributed next year
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(via A physicist studied Ben Franklin’s clever tricks to foil currency counterfeiters | Ars Technica)
Fascinating article about modern tech uncovering early anti-counterfeiting measures.
Source: Ars Technica
According to historian and metal-detector enthusiast Jim Bailey, the handful of 17th-century Arabic coins unearthed at sites across New England could be remnants of an infamous pirate's last big score—or, to put it another way, money stolen from a ship full of religious pilgrims during a horrific mass murder at sea.
Source: Ars Technica
Unsigned (possibly by Stefan Heinrich). A fanciful representative of this popular "ethical" medallic type, coupling the renowned imagery of the famous Germanic "City View" with the image of a mother hen guarding her chicks. Supposedly an allegory to the struggles between the administrators of the city and its citizens, these illustrations were meant to evoke the notion that the Grand Council saw to the protection of its "dear children," with the Latin legend translating to "She nourishes and protects."
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Republic 8 Reales 1830 EoMo Estado de Mexico (Tlalpam) mint, KM377.5, DP-EoMo03.
Well preserved and significantly lustrous, with only slight high-point rubbing evidence and comparatively few handling marks for the designation. By far the more elusive date of this very scarce and iconic three-year type and "one of the classics of the (entire) series" as rated by Dunigan and Parker.
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Selma Burke won a competition to create a relief sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943
- CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS. Panticapaeum. 4th century BC. AE. Head of bearded Pan right / Π-A-N, forepart of griffin left, sturgeon left below. MacDonald 69. Anokhin 1023. SNG BM (Black Sea) 869-71.
- PISIDIA. Selge. Ca. 325-250 BC. AR stater Wrestlers grappling, K between / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, slinger striding right, pulling sling taut over head; triskeles above club and cornucopia in right field, Θ between legs. SNG France 3 -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 5273.
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“Deposit Your Gold for France. Gold Fights for Victory”, France, 1915
the French 20 franc gold coin “rooster” - .1867 troy oz of gold contained. current melt value approx $227.00 USD
Ceylon - British Colony. George III 1/48 Rixdollar 1802 KM75.
Rixdollar is the English term for silver coinage used throughout the European continent[1] (German: Reichsthaler, Dutch: Rijksdaalder, Danish: Rigsdaler, Swedish: Riksdaler).
Source: coins.ha.com
Commemorative issue - 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising
- Obverse - Portrait of Padraig Pearse
- Reverse - The figure of Cú Chulainn is a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin.
Engraver: T Hugh Paget
Source: en.numista.com
The Famous Dutch-Brazilian "Ducat"
Pernambuco. Geoctroyeede West-Indische Compagnie (GWC) gold Klippe 6 Guilders (Florins) 1646 MS63 NGC, KM6.3, Fr-2, LMB-O4. Lozenge after BRASIL, period after VI. A fairly horizontal strike on both the obverse and reverse, and crudely produced---as is the case for all of these corresponding issues. An important factor in their rarity is the fact that they were only legal tender in the colony and not in the mother country of Holland, where they had to be converted into Dutch Guilders (and where these "Brazilian Ducats" were commonly melted). Similarly, within the colony, Portuguese or Brazilians were also at risk if found to be carrying this rival currency, therefore, many were converted and melted as well.
MS63 is high-grade uncirculated.
Source: coins.ha.com
IN EARLY 1942, THE UNITED States government began issuing a special set of banknotes custom-made for Hawaii. The back of each note looked identical to the existing U.S. paper currency apart from one major difference: the word “HAWAII” was stamped across it.
The design of these notes wasn’t the most elegant—the “HAWAII” looked as though it was inscribed by someone with a black ballpoint pen and a ruler. But that’s understandable, given their circumstances: these banknotes were an emergency series, rushed to print in the months following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The idea was that if Japan invaded Hawaii, the U.S. government could immediately identify and devalue the state’s currency so it would be worthless to the Japanese...
PS - there were also emergency issues for the North Africa campaign of the war. These have a yellow seal instead of brown (or the usual green). They also have a greater value, as they are less common.
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(1884) Grover Cleveland Medal, Copper.
This token suggests that muckraking in politics is hardly a new concept (I Say Nothing Because I Have Nothing To Say).
- A silver stater from Corinth, dated to 400–350 BCE. The reverse features the goddess Athena wearing a helmet, while the obverse boasts an impressive depiction of a Pegasus.
- This gold 20 won coin from Korea was minted in 1906 and offers an alternate depiction of the mythical dragon.
- A coin worth 50 cents from Szechuan, China, minted around 1901, features a powerful design of a coiled dragon on the reverse.