Questions tagged [numismatics]
Numismatics is, according to Wikipedia, the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. It pertains to the auxiliary (or ancillary) sciences of history, like archaeology, codicology, and epigraphy.
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Identify Olympic Coin with USA and Japan flags
A friend has found a coin which has been a hassle to identify. It is a silver coin, which on one side has a Japanese flag and an USA flag crossed. On the reverse side is the Olympic Rings and some ...
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Why does some US banknotes have abstract art on the reverse instead of detailed scenes of history/monuments?
Most US paper currency has detailed images of national monuments or historical scenes on the reverse side. Why wasn't the same treatment given to all currency, such as the $500 bill? It simply ...
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To which age these coins belong?
I want to know where and in what age these 2 coins were produced:
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What is this coin? Figure in rose. Rev: Mansion
Looks old can only make out one word (my death )
Other than that no idea.
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What would a simple Carthaginian bronze coin have bought?
I possess a Carthegian Zeugitania bronze coin which was reportedly minted around 220 BC between the First and Second Punic War. It is 16mm wide and features Tanit on the reverse. My query is what ...
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Can someone identify this coin for me please?
Can someone identify this coin for me please? I found it when going through my mothers belongings after she passed away.
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Any physical or chemical evidence of an RRC 1/1 coin being earlier than 280BCE?
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Is anyone aware of any physical or chemical evidence of an RRC 1/1 coin being earlier than 280BCE?
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Why do Qing Dynasty coins frequently have cinnabar rubbed into them?
I collect Chinese coins. I would really like to know, why do Qing Dynasty coins frequently have cinnabar rubbed into them? I know the mystical properties of cinnabar or “dragon blood”, but if it was ...
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Is the Disme or the Flowing Hair Dollar the considered the first official U.S coin?
The disme was first minted in 1792 but later turned in to dime with that being said the flowing hair dollar was first minted in 1794 which its size and weight were based on the Spanish dollar, vs the ...
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What's this coin?
Can anyone tell me what this coin is?
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Clay Bulla token/coin identification needed. Struck coin
What type of bulla is this? This was givin to me with no information, I can only say it might be clay and copper.
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Can someone please help me identify these ming dynasty coins?
It would be helpful if someone could identify these coins for me. I would primarily be interested in the size of these coins.
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What is this possible old coin found in Western Ukraine?
I think, at early eighties, when I was a child, I found this “coin” in my room, at the second floor of a standard Soviet building in Lviv, a city at the west of Ukraine. The house was build, as far as ...
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What kind of coin is this? (From Jordan?)
15 years ago I bought an old looking coin in Jordan in the vicinity of old Roman temples. The diameter is aboout 14 mm.