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Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).
TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:
From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.
代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.
Does anyone have any more info on these please?
#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics
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Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).
TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:
From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.
代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.
Does anyone have any more info on these please?
#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics
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Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).
TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:
From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.
代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.
Does anyone have any more info on these please?
#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics
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Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).
TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:
From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.
代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.
Does anyone have any more info on these please?
#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics
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Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).
TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:
From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.
代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.
Does anyone have any more info on these please?
#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics
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It is....
Maple tree wood!
(unfortunately, the tree had to be felled but the wood was not wasted)
I zoomed into the top of the pic on the left.
2 of 2🧵
#random post #mystery #WhatIsIt #BigReveal -
It is....
Maple tree wood!
(unfortunately, the tree had to be felled but the wood was not wasted)
I zoomed into the top of the pic on the left.
2 of 2🧵
#random post #mystery #WhatIsIt #BigReveal -
RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116863076001418353
The big reveal in 3... 2... 1...
What is it?
1 of 2🧵
(I'll attach the answer to this post)#random post #mystery #WhatIsIt
Also – sorry lol, my "in a bit" turned out to be about two weeks 😬😅
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116863076001418353
The big reveal in 3... 2... 1...
What is it?
1 of 2🧵
(I'll attach the answer to this post)#random post #mystery #WhatIsIt
Also – sorry lol, my "in a bit" turned out to be about two weeks 😬😅
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116863076001418353
Put your guesses in...
The big reveal is coming up!
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116863076001418353
Put your guesses in...
The big reveal is coming up!
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I don't know what this is.
Fairly sure it's upside down though.
Also, it's from the museum in Launceston -
I don't know what this is.
Fairly sure it's upside down though.
Also, it's from the museum in Launceston -
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"In Blue," Wassily Kandinsky, 1925.
Y'all know Kandinsky by now. Although often regarded as the first Abstract artist, he's now credited as the guy who popularized Abstract art.
This was one of his early Abstract works, when he was veering away from his time at the Bauhaus and the Constructivist school (now a half-forgotten movement, but with an arresting style). Here he's experimenting with geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, building his personal visual language.
There's shapes that might be a cow and a windmill, and maybe the sun, and possibly a mountain...and is that a scythe over them all? It's hard to say, but there's a jillion ways of looking at it, so draw your own conclusions.
From the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf.
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"In Blue," Wassily Kandinsky, 1925.
Y'all know Kandinsky by now. Although often regarded as the first Abstract artist, he's now credited as the guy who popularized Abstract art.
This was one of his early Abstract works, when he was veering away from his time at the Bauhaus and the Constructivist school (now a half-forgotten movement, but with an arresting style). Here he's experimenting with geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, building his personal visual language.
There's shapes that might be a cow and a windmill, and maybe the sun, and possibly a mountain...and is that a scythe over them all? It's hard to say, but there's a jillion ways of looking at it, so draw your own conclusions.
From the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf.
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"In Blue," Wassily Kandinsky, 1925.
Y'all know Kandinsky by now. Although often regarded as the first Abstract artist, he's now credited as the guy who popularized Abstract art.
This was one of his early Abstract works, when he was veering away from his time at the Bauhaus and the Constructivist school (now a half-forgotten movement, but with an arresting style). Here he's experimenting with geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, building his personal visual language.
There's shapes that might be a cow and a windmill, and maybe the sun, and possibly a mountain...and is that a scythe over them all? It's hard to say, but there's a jillion ways of looking at it, so draw your own conclusions.
From the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf.
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"In Blue," Wassily Kandinsky, 1925.
Y'all know Kandinsky by now. Although often regarded as the first Abstract artist, he's now credited as the guy who popularized Abstract art.
This was one of his early Abstract works, when he was veering away from his time at the Bauhaus and the Constructivist school (now a half-forgotten movement, but with an arresting style). Here he's experimenting with geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, building his personal visual language.
There's shapes that might be a cow and a windmill, and maybe the sun, and possibly a mountain...and is that a scythe over them all? It's hard to say, but there's a jillion ways of looking at it, so draw your own conclusions.
From the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf.
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"In Blue," Wassily Kandinsky, 1925.
Y'all know Kandinsky by now. Although often regarded as the first Abstract artist, he's now credited as the guy who popularized Abstract art.
This was one of his early Abstract works, when he was veering away from his time at the Bauhaus and the Constructivist school (now a half-forgotten movement, but with an arresting style). Here he's experimenting with geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, building his personal visual language.
There's shapes that might be a cow and a windmill, and maybe the sun, and possibly a mountain...and is that a scythe over them all? It's hard to say, but there's a jillion ways of looking at it, so draw your own conclusions.
From the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf.
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And what the heck are these?
Looks like someone cut off piston heads and clamped them down. Perhaps for installing piston rings, but how do these help get them on the real thing?
One is from wood, the other welded and extremely heavy.
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And what the heck are these?
Looks like someone cut off piston heads and clamped them down. Perhaps for installing piston rings, but how do these help get them on the real thing?
One is from wood, the other welded and extremely heavy.
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Some good suggestions, thanks. Had another look at it.
Its not springy at all. I've marked where the holes are in the picture below. Barb wire holder is possible, those do have that kind of overhang, but then there should also be holes further down for other wires. And more of these things.
Its a holder for something, not a tool, I think, but no idea what holder.
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Some good suggestions, thanks. Had another look at it.
Its not springy at all. I've marked where the holes are in the picture below. Barb wire holder is possible, those do have that kind of overhang, but then there should also be holes further down for other wires. And more of these things.
Its a holder for something, not a tool, I think, but no idea what holder.
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What is it??? #whatisit
The building is quite small .. maybe 2.5 metre cube (~8ft) and has a roof & chimney. There seems to be an opening .. like a pizza oven. -
What is it??? #whatisit
The building is quite small .. maybe 2.5 metre cube (~8ft) and has a roof & chimney. There seems to be an opening .. like a pizza oven. -
The rake found this shepherds crook. Not sure what its for (its not really a shepherds crook).
Its forged rather than machine made and has a weird thickened area that I'm not even sure how it was made from the square rod.
There's a few holes, one in the thin part and one in the thick that has been driven in rather than drilled.
Old stuff. It was under the goat shelter, which was probably built around 40 years ago.
#Homestead #Cleanup #Treasure #Mystery #Whatisit #Blacksmithing
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The rake found this shepherds crook. Not sure what its for (its not really a shepherds crook).
Its forged rather than machine made and has a weird thickened area that I'm not even sure how it was made from the square rod.
There's a few holes, one in the thin part and one in the thick that has been driven in rather than drilled.
Old stuff. It was under the goat shelter, which was probably built around 40 years ago.
#Homestead #Cleanup #Treasure #Mystery #Whatisit #Blacksmithing
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Two more mystery tools.
Actually we already identified the "S" one because @vaviurka knew it from her childhood in the village. But you can guess anyways :)
The right one I have no clue, other than its homemade and was important enough to have two of them.
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Two more mystery tools.
Actually we already identified the "S" one because @vaviurka knew it from her childhood in the village. But you can guess anyways :)
The right one I have no clue, other than its homemade and was important enough to have two of them.
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@Rajiv This thing.
It's very thick steel, and heavy. There is no sharp edge and never has been, all sides are flat and thick, including the angled tip.
It has a turned handle, which is unusually fancy compared to all other tools in the barn. Its relatively short, maybe waist high.
With the tip and the weight and the thick end (partially broken), I think maybe smashing a hole in the ice for fishing may have been what it was for.
It's slightly crooked, which may have been from tool abuse as pry bar, or maybe it was made like that.
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@Rajiv This thing.
It's very thick steel, and heavy. There is no sharp edge and never has been, all sides are flat and thick, including the angled tip.
It has a turned handle, which is unusually fancy compared to all other tools in the barn. Its relatively short, maybe waist high.
With the tip and the weight and the thick end (partially broken), I think maybe smashing a hole in the ice for fishing may have been what it was for.
It's slightly crooked, which may have been from tool abuse as pry bar, or maybe it was made like that.
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What do we have here? I thought these were just rusted out side panels for a trailer, but this looks rather more complicated.
Photo of a very faded label found on a rusty piece of steel, enhanced to make partially visible again.
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What do we have here? I thought these were just rusted out side panels for a trailer, but this looks rather more complicated.
Photo of a very faded label found on a rusty piece of steel, enhanced to make partially visible again.
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It's nearly time for the #Newsletter, which means it's time to get your #MysteryCoin guesses in if you haven't already!
I do like coins which are interesting shapes, and while "square" (or "square with rounded corners") may not be the most interesting geometric shape normally, it is a more interesting shape when you look at coins as there aren't quite so many (there have only been 22 common circulating coins which are some form of square in the last 50 years) - but if you know this king and emperor, you'll know this particular coin wasn't one of them...
So... we can read WHO he is.... but where is this coin from and when?
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #Guess #WhatIsIt #Help @numismatics
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It's nearly time for the #Newsletter, which means it's time to get your #MysteryCoin guesses in if you haven't already!
I do like coins which are interesting shapes, and while "square" (or "square with rounded corners") may not be the most interesting geometric shape normally, it is a more interesting shape when you look at coins as there aren't quite so many (there have only been 22 common circulating coins which are some form of square in the last 50 years) - but if you know this king and emperor, you'll know this particular coin wasn't one of them...
So... we can read WHO he is.... but where is this coin from and when?
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #Guess #WhatIsIt #Help @numismatics
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What do we have here, apart from autofocus confusion?
A clay tube, capped on one end and open on the other, but with a hole in the side of the capped end.
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What do we have here, apart from autofocus confusion?
A clay tube, capped on one end and open on the other, but with a hole in the side of the capped end.
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It is nearly time for the newsletter, and still no-one has guessed the #MysteryCoin this week. Can you?
#Newsletter #Mystery #WhatIsIt #Coins #CoinCollecting #Unknown #Numismatics @numismatics
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It is nearly time for the newsletter, and still no-one has guessed the #MysteryCoin this week. Can you?
#Newsletter #Mystery #WhatIsIt #Coins #CoinCollecting #Unknown #Numismatics @numismatics
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I'm working on this fortnight's Newsletter. Have you guessed the #MysteryCoin yet?
A pretty much Anepigraphic coin showing an Eagle - there is one letter on there too. It's not much to go on, so I'm going to give you one detail from the other side: 4.
Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Coins #WhatIsIt #Guess #SaturdayNightCoinShow @numismatics
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I'm working on this fortnight's Newsletter. Have you guessed the #MysteryCoin yet?
A pretty much Anepigraphic coin showing an Eagle - there is one letter on there too. It's not much to go on, so I'm going to give you one detail from the other side: 4.
Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Coins #WhatIsIt #Guess #SaturdayNightCoinShow @numismatics
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It's nearly Coin of Note Newsletter time! Get your guesses in for this fortnight's #MysteryCoin! And don't forget to subscribe to the #Newsletter to be first to hear the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Guess #WhatIsIt @numismatics
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It's nearly Coin of Note Newsletter time! Get your guesses in for this fortnight's #MysteryCoin! And don't forget to subscribe to the #Newsletter to be first to hear the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Guess #WhatIsIt @numismatics
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Have you made subscribing to the Coin of Note Newsletter your New Year's resolution? If so, good news - you haven't missed a 2026 edition yet! It's due out soon (hopefully in about 12 hours or so from now), so in the meantime, here is last fortnight's #MysteryCoin to guess. Do you know what it is? Let us know!
#CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Coins #Guess #WhatIsIt? @numismatics
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Have you made subscribing to the Coin of Note Newsletter your New Year's resolution? If so, good news - you haven't missed a 2026 edition yet! It's due out soon (hopefully in about 12 hours or so from now), so in the meantime, here is last fortnight's #MysteryCoin to guess. Do you know what it is? Let us know!
#CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Coins #Guess #WhatIsIt? @numismatics
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Shot in the dark, but does anyone know what this coffee maker's brand actually was? Is it based off a real product, or was it kinda bashed together?
