#꩜ coins ..

[bebemoon]

from @nazzalstudio on ig . “10,000 Palestinian coins hand sewn by refugee women for my collection called, “What Should Have Been Home”, weighs 72 kg. The reference image for this piece is on the last slide 🩶”

[memories-of-ancients]

A hoard of Celtic gold coins hidden in a cow bone, discovered near Sedgewick, England, 1st century AD

from The Norfolk Museums Collections

[mapsontheweb]

Where Roman coins have been found

[lionofchaeronea]

A lion attacks a stag. Reverse of a silver didrachm issued by the polis of Elea in southern Italy between 420 and 380 BCE. The obverse, not shown, bears the head of Athena. Now in the Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich, Germany. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

[useless-denmarkfacts]

Fun fact that, in Denmark, the National Museum has put together a reference collection of LARP (Live Action Role Playing) coins, because archaeologists started finding them in digs and got really confused!

One campaign, Legendernes Verden (World of Legends), minted 10.000 of their tin coins for a one-week LARP, and since they, and most other home-minted LARP coinage, use old Danish coinage terms on their creations, the confusion is both understandable and hilariously complete.

Here's an example:

Those in the know would immediately recognise the inscription "Narabond" as a location withing the fictional Danish LARP world 'Niraham'. Those not in the know would be endlessly puzzled, as it looks perfectly reasonable for, for example, a medieval coin.

[worldhistoryfacts]

Ancient coins depicting the labyrinth from Knossos, Crete. Greek myths said that the rulers of Knossos built a labyrinth, at the center of which was a formidable minotaur. The stories tell of an Athenian hero, Theseus, who braved the maze and took on the monster.

{WHF} {Ko-Fi} {Medium}

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Coin Hoard, Trimontium Museum, Melrose

[itswilliamleonard]

my OCs just chilling by a fountain. just having a good time

[cavedraconem]

Weird eras of numismatic history: When the British took over the island of Jersey they converted their existing French currency, the sous, to sterling at a rate of 26 sous per shilling. Later they started minting a penny equivalent - the penny, mind, comes 12 to a shilling, nice divisible number so it's easy to make change.

But I guess they decided to go with a "double sous" for the Jersey version of the penny. So for about 36 years, the good people of the States of Jersey used "One thirteenth of a shilling" coins, i.e. a prime numbered fraction of a shilling.

[digitalfossils]

[caleod]

6-6-24

[memories-of-ancients]

Hoard of gold coins discovered by a UK couple under their kitchen floorboards during renovations. The oldest coin dates to 1610, the newest 1727.

[mapsontheweb]

Euro Countries that use the 1 Cent and 2 Cent coin vs Rounding

[lionofchaeronea]

Stater (16.14 grams), minted from the naturally occurring gold-silver alloy electrum between 500 and 450 BCE by the polis of Cyzicus (located on the Hellespont in northwest Anatolia). The obverse, shown here, bears a gorgoneion (gorgon's head) above a tuna fish. Now in the British Museum. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

[amber-isnt-a-precious-stone]

and they're ocean-themed ?!