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Happy 28th Birthday to E-Sylum! One of the most useful sources of #Numismatic news around: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n36.html#article2

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins

Interesting #novelty #coin of the day: This piece has a #Plague doctor on one side - this was a volunteer or an actual doctor, though the duty was often more to record accurate numbers of deaths than curing people (though some charged promising cures). Although often a #caricature, beaked masks like this have been dated to the 1700s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor Wearing a modern medical coat & stethoscope (invented in 1816).

The other side has a #clock at 8:55 (Does anyone know a potential reason for that?) with the dates 1347-1351 in the centre - that was the rough years of the #Black #Death in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

I can't read the text above the centre?

The piece itself is an Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided), about 25mm diameter, similar to a 1991-1994 Jamaica 25 cents: https://en.numista.com/6476 & about 3mm thick.

I'll tag #Histodons since the theme is historical, though the piece isn't.

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #BlackDeath #Pandemic #History @numismatics @histodons

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here are my 3D sculpt design drawings for the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. The first T. rex design was considered too feathered. Designed for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here are the skeletal illustrations for the acrylic blocks from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The limited edition DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series print. I designed it in 2023, for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London, featured are Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's the Diplodocus packaging art from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus & Stegosaurus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Dinosaur #Tyrannosaurus #TyrannosaurusRex #TRex #Stegosaurus #Diplodocus #JurassicWorld #Coins #CoinCollector #CoinCollecting