#coinage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #coinage, aggregated by home.social.
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Silver penny, minted in Mainz, Germany, ~980 AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2146813/silver-penny-minted-in-mainz-germany-980-ad
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WORD OF THE DAY:
Neinwohl : Opposite of Jawohl
Meaning: "I hear and I disobey."
#WordOfTheDay
#NewWord #Coinage
#German #English
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Coin minting in 13th century AD England (Peter Jackson)
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2049442/coin-minting-in-13th-century-ad-england-peter-jackson
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Girdle of gold coins and medallions, Byzantine Empire, ~583 AD
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A selection of coins, mostly silver?, Lithuania, late 16th century AD
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Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?
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Carthaginian elephant shekel, minted in Sicily, Italy, 215-212 BCE
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Gold and copper coins of the Tang Dynasty, China, 618–907 AD
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Those mintworkers had guts in defending their right to steal, I'll give them that
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Those mintworkers had guts in defending their right to steal, I'll give them that
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Chad Emperor Hotdog Neck 💪💪💪💪💪
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1805602/chad-emperor-hotdog-neck
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Chad Emperor Hotdog Neck 💪💪💪💪💪
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1805599/chad-emperor-hotdog-neck
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The 'Copper Riot' over economic hardship and unreliable currency, Moscow, Russian Empire, 1662 AD
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Coniatore di Moneta — Minter of Coins — Grevembroch 2-162
This painting depicts a Venetian moneyer, working in the Zecca of the Republic of Venice, in the process of hammering out a coin.
As a merchant nation, stable and sufficient coinage was an essential interest of the Republic of Venice, and the production of coins of gold, silver and copper was high regulated.
The Venetian mint was managed by magistrates, who were initially appointed by the Council of Ten, and later directly by the Venetian Senate.
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/translation/coniatore-di-moneta-minter-of-coins-grevembroch-2-162/
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Coin of the Emperor Probus, Roman Empire, ~280 AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1634343/coin-of-the-emperor-probus-roman-empire-280-ad
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Casting mold for coins, China, 1st century AD?
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1614717/casting-mold-for-coins-china-1st-century-ad
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'Spade Currency', China, 475 - 221 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1612327/spade-currency-china-475-221-bce
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Copper coins from Masada, rebel-held fortress in Iudea, Roman Empire, 66-73 AD
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The Maths of Coins and Currencies via Gresham College [Shared]
People have used money – and made counterfeits - for thousands of years. Archimedes came up with a clever way of finding out if you’ve been cheated by a goldsmith. Making coins with the right proportions of the right metals presented a huge mathematical challenge for Fibonacci and other mathematicians in the middle ages.
This lecture will discuss mathematical elements of coin design, denominations, and why former Gresham Professor of Astronomy Sir Christopher Wren favoured decimal coinage.
A lecture by Sarah Hart
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/20/the-maths-of-coins-and-currencies-via-gresham-college-shared/
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#archaeology #history #coinage #shipwrecks #technology
Some gold coins that were minted in Peru in 1707 may help to solve a shipwreck mystery. The coins were found in the stern of a ship some 2,000 feet below the sea. The knowledge that these coins were minted in 1707 in Peru helps to prove that the ship is the San Jose which sank off the Columbian coast in 1708. Using technology such as a remote vehicle and photogrammetry the coins were examined whilst in situ. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-gold-coins-may-solve-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-richest-shipwreck-confirming-its-identity-as-a-legendary-18th-century-galleon-180986856/
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Some minor notes for #Fantasy #authors & #artists on #coinage. A modern Gold Sovereign is 22mm across and weighs 7 to 8gr. It's worth, now, about a month's rent. A medieval Florin was 18mm across, weighed 3.5gr, and was more than the monthly pay of a porter. Most people would never see one of those coins; they were mostly used by nations.
Please mind the proportions. -
y'all ever expect something to exist, find out it doesn't, then have a "fine, I'll do it myself" moment?
turns out not only there somehow wasn't any Anki deck for #Czech coinage, there wasn't any tool to memorise them at all.
so I created one. enjoy!
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1268228369 -
"Our analysis of 49 coins from the North Sea zone indicates that Byzantine silver plate was the source of silver for the initial minting of the first post-Roman silver coins in England, Frisia and parts of Francia. From c. AD 750, freshly mined silver from Melle, Aquitaine, was introduced to this North Sea zone, becoming the dominant source following the coinage reforms of AD 793."
Kershaw, J. et al. (2024) ‘Byzantine plate and Frankish mines: the provenance of silver in north-west European coinage during the Long Eighth Century (c. 660–820)’, Antiquity, 98(398), pp. 502–517. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.33. #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Europe #MiddleAges #Byzantine #Analysis #Coinage #Archaeology #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeodons #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @histodon @histodons