#coincollecting — Public Fediverse posts
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Steve Benner wrote an article in CoinWeek on the coins of Medusa. E-Sylum contains an excerpt: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n35.html#article17
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #History #Histodons #Medusa #GreekMythology #Mythology @numismatics @histodons
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I am not the most prolific user of AI - for ethical and environmental reasons as well as simply not having a lot of good use cases for it (much as my occasional poor sentence structure might argue otherwise) - but from this week's E-Sylum, here is an interesting use case - using AI to track down stolen ancient coins: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n19.html#article19
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #LawEnforcement #Stolen #theft #Coins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
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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
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It is the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany.
Numista lists 92 coins for "Berlin wall", although only three circulating coins, all 2 Euro coins:
2019 France (30th anniversary)
2019 Germany (30th anniversary)
2025 Germany (35th anniversary)Pictured are the three coins from Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=berlin+wall&st=2&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=&c=&wi=&sw=
#Germany #reunification #Berlin #BerlinWall #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Euro #Coins @numismatics @histodons
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The Coin Collecting merit badge is a fun way to connect with history 💰. Each coin tells a story, and Scouts learn to study designs, markings, and condition 🔍.
They also practice goal setting and organizing collections. These skills build confidence and curiosity while preparing Scouts for school and life 🌟.
Coin collecting can grow into a lifelong hobby, making this badge both interesting and useful.