Show And Tell! Post Your Most Interesting Numismatic Item/Items!

Never showed off this one. It's a depression-era scrip, a leather dollar issued in a small town in Montana. It's probably unique, or so Heritage described it. There are certainly no references to it anywhere.

Fascinating little coin that turned into a fun surprise:

Nezak huns, AE drachm, clipped to about 1/6 (obol)
Partial bust right and legend
Partial fire altar and attendant
10x15mm, 0.7g



The "Huns" were pushed out of present-day southern Mongolia in about 200 AD, and had branched out into 4 tribes, the smallest of which being the Nezaks, who held east-central Afghanistan from about 500-750 AD. Like most other Huns, their coins were inspired by the Sassanian Persian silver drachms, but had their own artistic flair and were usually highly debased silver, even copper. They mostly issued a single type, bearing a legend npcky-'mlk in Pahlavi, usually transliterated as Napki Malka. Originally believed to be a name, most now believe it to mean simply "Nezak-king".

This is unusual because, unlike the coins of centuries past, clipping big coins into bits was not generally seen, especially not with base metal coins. Traditionally, the Greek drachm (which all Sassanian-based coins were ultimately derived) was made up of 6 obols, so the clipping down to 1/6 of the coin demonstrates that the Attic currency system was not a distant fuzzy memory to the people of the early medieval period.

To top it off, I discovered that this coin is a die match to the intact Nezak drachm I purchased a year ago:

Got my second aluminum foil notgeld today -- a Lautawerk 100 mark. It came with its original backing, on which a large amount of the ink has stuck to.

Anybody know if it's in danger of more ink peeling if it's kept directly in plastic?

Mark1959: If your clock ever stops working, rather than sending it back for repairs, you could simply replace the movement yourself. All sorts are available at a place called Klockit. http://www.klockit.com
I've built clocks using their stuff.
Made this myself

Here's another one:

A genuine and fourree (Ancient contemporary counterfeit) matching pair of a Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 AV Solidus.


Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 (Gold) AV Solidus (4.32g) rv Angel hidg. long cross clipped NGC XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5 scratches:





Byzantine Empire Justin I, AD 518-527 Plated Solidus (Gold Plated Copper) (2.31g) rv Angel hidg. long cross NGC VG Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 core visible:

That is pretty cool.

Here's another one:

A 1791 proof and uncirculated Sierra Leone Cent Pair:

1791 Sierra Leone 1 Cent Bronzed PCGS PR 63BN:




1791 Sierra Leone 1 Cent KM-1 PCGS MS 63BN

@jbuck, Thanks!