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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Antoninus Pius coins
I have looked all over online and cannot find this specific coin. Can anyone help? We believe they are of Antoninus Pius, but I can’t identify anything on the back, although I believe the winged ...
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Leather 1.50 German gold mark
I have a German 1.50 gold mark that looks to be made of leather. It is about 3/16 of an inch thick. and dyed black. It has many symbols. Please if anyone can tell me about this. It looks to be dated ...
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How to identify this coin with a bust on one side and the letters S and C on the other side?
I believe this coin is Roman but I'd like that confirmed. Can anyone give an approximate date and any other information possible (maybe difficult as it is quite worn). It measures between 2.5cm and 2....
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What was the "Brakteaten" medieval monetary system?
I am reading "Interest and inflation free money" by Margrit Kennedy. I have only found this book online (here). It is not in my local libraries or bookshops. The author states (page 39 of ...
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Who is on the Nazi 2 Reichsmark coin?
There is a long haired figure on the 1934 2 Reichsmark coin.
Who is it?
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Can someone identify this coin? ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟ(Υ) (Β)ΑΣΙΛΕΩ(Σ)
Can someone please identify this coin? I would really appreciate it if you could tell me how old it is and what era it belongs to?
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/up4S3.jpg)
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Please help to identify these coins
First coin: it dates 1670. The coat of arms seems to show the checkerboard as in Flag of Bavaria, but that's speculation
Second coin: it dates 1770. The inscription beginns with D.G.MAX.IOS. etc., ...
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What coin is this and where is it from? Thai script, Thai arms. Rev: left facing portrait
here is the front and back of a coin which I would like to find out about. Anyone know which country this is from? Thank you very much!
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Can you tell me about this coin? श्री महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाहदेव 2012. i.e in English Sri Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 2012
This is a photo of both sides of the coin.
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Roman Coins (Ancient forgeries )
This one is for the coin collectors, have any of you folks come across forgeries that were made before the fall of the Empire. I know that after the fall of the Empire , a lot of the smaller kingdoms ...
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Chinese Copper Cash Coin. "咸豐通寶 Xianfeng Tongbao"
I found this Chinese copper coin, which I believe is a 4/2 characters type. One side is almost legible, the other not due to sea corrosion. I am reluctant to clean it without knowing what or from ...
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What does GEORGIUS III·D:G·BRITANNIARUM REX·FIDEI DEF·& c·mean? [closed]
I recently came across this medal created to commemorate the preservation of George III from an assassination attempt in 1800:
(the image was taken by me)
The inscription reads
GEORGIUS III·D:G·...
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Who introduced coins in India?
Which King or Kingdom first introduced the coins in India for trading (internal or external)?
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List of Roman Imperial Coins ~0 CE/AD
I'm trying to find a list of Roman Imperial Coins that were used around 0 CE/AD.
Most of the my searches turn up lots of shopping pages. After sorting through tons of listings, I can find lists that ...
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What coin is this? Arabic: 10 Fulus, over crossed wheat and lead
Years ago (maybe 15), my grandfather gave me this coin and I have no idea what it is or where it came from. Can anyone help? I'm pretty sure it came from the Middle East (he did a lot of work there ...
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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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Is this a Caesar silver coin?
A friend showed me a coin he found a number of years a go, but it is hard to identify if it is a Roman coin.
Can someone help me identify when it is from?
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What is the history of this coin? By Mandate of Heaven) Emperor of the Great Qin", Nurhaci - 1616-1626
I want to know the complete history of this coin.
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Did Mesopotamia have coins to represent Gerahs & Minas?
I am doing a project on Mesopotamia and have stumbled upon their currency system. They have Gerahs, Shekels and Minas. These units of currency are referred to by their laws, yet I can only find ...
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Why does the Star of David feature on these African coins from 20th century?
Why does the Star of David feature on these African coins from 1936 and 1959?
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Why did overestimated coins led to inflation and well-estimated coins to deflation?
It is said in Debt, the first 5,000 years by David Graeber (chapter 4, note 2) that when the value of metal coins represented exactly their weight, the result was deflation. The author says that when ...
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When were Roman Emperor's faces placed on coins?
During an emperor's reign, were coins (i.e. sestertii) minted the year they became emperors, the year they stopped being emperors, or right in the middle?
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Were Roman emperors in the first century AD shown as holding stars in their hands?
The New Testament Book of Revelation starts with an image of the exalted Jesus holding several stars in his hand.
I read in a commentary that there were coins at that time which showed Roman emperors ...
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Was the Byzantine follis larger than the Roman (and why, if yes)?
Today I saw in a museum a row of coins minted by Roman emperors. The last four coins were of the follis kind, belonging to Constantine the Great, Constantius II, Anastasius and Justinian I. .
The ...
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