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With the International Token Web Conference coming up in just a few hours, including my presentation on "7 Miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care: The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Tokens", I thought I'd a) give it a plug #SaturdayNightCoinShow 1/n
You should definitely come to the International Token Web Conference - someone who may be known to the @CoinOfNote account will be presenting a lecture on the "The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Tokens"
#TokenTuesday #OKItsNotTuedsdayButItIsTokens!
The newsletter is very late this fortnight, but I'm about to board a long flight home, so it will be even later. In the meantime, can you guess this tricky small coin?
Let us know, and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to find out the answer! coinofnote.com/newsletter/
Can you guess the Mystery Coin? #WhatIsIt? Tell us! It's a bronze coloured coin. "1" between two ... towers?, "Kobo" below.
Don't forget to subscribe to the fortnightly newsletter to find out the answer (& next #MysteryCoin first! coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#Numismatics #Coins
An interesting pieces in this week's E-Sylum about how ancient Roman lead pollution can be tied to coins: coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28… - It is (or was) terrible for the Romans, but fascinating to see how things like this can be traced back.
#Numismatics #News #Rome #History
Bismuth is one of my favourite metals. I wrote about it last year: coinofnote.com/1oz-bismuth-i…
If you enjoyed that & a little science, you may like this video by The Action Lab on the strange #magnetism of #Bismuth: youtube.com/watch?v=g-77EcyI… He does a lot of great #science videos.
Who guessed this fortnight's #MysteryCoin? It was a 1988 #Ecuador 50 Centavos: coinofnote.com/1988-ecuador-… Learn about the country with a river coming down a mountain on their coat of arms! What is your favourite landscape on a coat of arms?
#Numismatics #SaturdayNightCoinShow
This is an ad & you could make one cheaper, but I do like the idea - imagine a penny set, each with a picture of something from that year. Have you ever done or seen anything similar?
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #History
A #Medallion for a very Happy Valentines Day to all!
I need to work on the next newsletter soon, but first, a reminder about this fortnight's #MysteryCoin - it is a small round silver-coloured coin with "50" in a striped square, CENTAVOS below & "50" in small braille dots below that. Where / when might it be from? #Numismatics
While you are guessing the Mystery Coin - don't forget to sign up to the Coin of Note newsletter - one email a fortnight, with info, news, coin pictures, me rambling - but not too long - what more could you want?
Signing up is easy: coinofnote.com/newsletter/
#Numismatics #Coins
On this day in 1794, the first sitting of the United States Senate opened to the public. With the order this week to stop production of the US Cent, here is one I like, the 1857 "Flying Eagle" cent: coinofnote.com/1857-usa-cent…
#Numismatics #History #CoinCollecting #OnThisDay
Archaeologists uncover gold and silver ritual offerings at a 7th century cult site
phys.org/news/2025-02-archae…
A recent study by Dr. Jan-Willem de Kort and his colleagues, published in Medieval Archaeology, uncovered an early #medieval cult site in the #Netherlands.
#AncientCoins
For #TokenTuesday, here is a ferry token from Sweden, with an unusual value. Let's visit "The Venice of the North" in today's post: coinofnote.com/sweden-45-ore…
#Ferry #Ferries #History #Numismatics #Exonumia #Token #Tokens
On this day 400 years ago, the city of New Amsterdam, now New York, was incorporated.
Here is a song which references that: youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kC…
And my Byzantine Follis which references the song: coinofnote.com/518-27-justin…
#SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #CoinCollecting
And did you guess last fortnight's #MysteryCoin? Only a couple did. The coin was the 1975 Iceland 1 Króna.
Come on a journey to where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet: coinofnote.com/1975-iceland-…
#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #SaturdayNightCoinShow
I haven't posted an #AncientCoin / #AncientCoins for #SaturdayNightCoinShow in awhile, so lets remedy that now. Here is a #Roman #Coin from 324-329 AD, under emperor Constantine showing a nice "camp gate" theme: coinofnote.com/324-329-ad-co…
#Numismatics #History #Histodons
Exciting #avian news today for those who enjoyed the Australian Ground #Parrots #Medallions set. ABC #news reports "Second-ever elusive night #parrot egg discovered in the Kimberley".
The news: abc.net.au/news/2025-02-01/s…
The medallions: coinofnote.com/2024-australi…
#Numismatics #birds
Oops, meant to share this one for #SaturdayNightCoinShow as well :)
Today in 1864, the Second Schleswig War started when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig; the impetus for my own ancestors to emmigrate. This 1856 Danish 16 Skilling Rigsmønt was one of the first coins on the site: coinofnote.com/1856-denmark-…
#OnThisDay #History

ALT 1856 Denmark 16 Skilling Rigsmønt Obverse Head of King Frederik VII facing right. Date below neck, dividing mintmark and Mint Master initials. Script: Latin Lettering: FREDERICVS VII | D:G:DANIÆ V:G:REX F.K ♔1858 V.S Translation: Frederik VII, by the grace of God, King of Denmark, of the Vandals and the Goths
Who likes looking at all the pretty mint releases - whether or not you can afford or intend to buy any? I got an email this morning with Coin Invest Trust's "Winter" 2025 releases: cit.li/launch/42/winter-laun…
Here are some I liked.
#Coins #Gold #Silver #CoinCollecting #Mint



























