Showing posts with label Coins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coins. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2025

Making Cents - The Case For Ending The Penny

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Inflation has made the penny barely worthwhile nowadays.  Indeed, the early symbol for a penny originated with the Roman denarius - a coin t...
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Monday, January 06, 2025

A Neat Hanukkah Discovery

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The Times of Israel: ‘Miracle’ hoard of Hasmonean coins discovered during Hanukkah in Jordan Valley dig  The Hasmoneans were the descendant...
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Wednesday, December 04, 2024

A Very Valuable Donation - But It's Not Rare

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The Detroit News: Rare coin left in St. Clair Shores Salvation Army red kettle An anonymous donor has been putting a Krugerrand in the  kett...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

EID MAR

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This is a good day for lawyers to check their forum selection clauses in their contracts. Choosing a bad forum can lead you and your client ...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II And Modern Numismatic History

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The Royal Mint has released a series commemorating the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the longest reign of a monarch in the history of the...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Another Neat Archaeological Find In Israel

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The Jerusalem Post:  2,000-year-old ‘Freedom to Zion’ coins found in biblical heartland     The two coins, one from the First Jewish Revolt ...
Friday, February 28, 2020

A Piece Of History Now In Hand

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A delivery from across the Atlantic washed up on my door last night: The Brexit 50 pence coin, dated the day of Brexit had arrived. ...
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Friday, January 31, 2020

Brexit Commemorative Coin

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Coins aren't just medium of exchange, they also can be used to convey messages and record historic occasions. The Royal Mint today is s...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

A Nickel Ain't Worth A Dime Anymore - Yogi Berra

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Nickels may not be worth a dime, but this particular one is worth a lot more than a dime, in fact, it just sold for 45,000,000 dimes. Phot...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Rare Ancient Jewish Coins Found in Jerusalem

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Two impressive new and historically important finds of ancient Jewish coins from the First Revolt against Rome (66-70 AD) have been recently...
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Friday, January 05, 2018

When Is It That A Penny Goes For A Pretty Penny?

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When it is a United States 1793 Penny and just sold for $300,000. Fox News: Rare US penny sells for $300G at auction in Florida One of ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Ancient Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins Found

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A coin collector's collection is found, at least 1940 years after they were hidden away, with some coins in the collection dating back 2...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Cache of Classic Coins Alleged To Be Proceeds Of Crime

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Allegedly, one of the biggest coin collections in Michigan was built from the proceeds of Medicare fraud. The Detroit News: Detroit area do...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Found Gold Coins? You Can't Keep 'Em. On Incentives and Valuable Archaeological Finds

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Or as kindly pointed out to me by Murphy's Law this post could also be titled: " 2,000 reasons to keep your mouth shut ". An...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Not So Semper FIDES - A Coin Of Probus

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Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG. (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus) Large bust of the Emperor in armor facing right an...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Quick! The Emperor Probus Is Coming. Look Busy.

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The Emperor Probus was quite a mobile emperor. Obverse: IMP PROBVS AVG. (Imperator Probus Augustus). Emperor facing right in armor with...
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Saturday, June 07, 2014

The Virtus Of The Emperor - A Coin Of Probus

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Virtus in this case meaning the personification of the military virtues of manliness, courage and virtue. These virtues were vital for a th...
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Beating On the Germans - A Coin Of Probus

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It's been quite awhile since I did an ancient coin post. Next in the series is a coin of the Roman Emperor Probus . Marcus Aurelius Pr...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Eid Mar - Beware The Ides of March

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The assassination of Julius Caesar and today, the Ides of March, was forever immortalized by the conspirators in his death by their striking...
Saturday, December 08, 2012

Democrat Magical Numismatic Thinking

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If Printing our way doesn't work, these brilliant Democrat minds at work have come up with a wacky proposal to coin our way out: The Tr...