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Below is a coin of mine dating to 1930 AD Luxembourg that came to me from my grandfather. When he was collecting, some numismatists had the unfortunate habit of "improving" their coins by whizzing them. This 25 Centimes coin is a good example of that. A nice example! 
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@ Spence. I'm fairly sure it was the Museum of Vietnamese History. I did take a picture of the writing alongside the coins but it came out too blurry, so I deleted it. Unable to supply any further info, sorry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu...mese_HistorySteve :) |
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On Luxembourg ... It was a "drive through" when I was living in Brussels, and needed to head east (Germany)or southeast (Italy). I never stopped, but it looks like I missed something! That is a stunning esterlin you've posted. On the attribution, I have different reference books, but the only esterlin I see from Jeanne and Wenceslas has a long cross reverse (out to the rim of the coin), and obverse legend IOh DEI GRAT DUC BRABANT (de Witte 407). I am wondering if yours might instead be an earlier esterlin of Jean III of Brabant? Obv: Quartered shield, DUX BRABANTIE Rev: Floriate cross. MONETA LOVANIES De Witte 349, issued 1329-1337 according to Ghyssens. Louvain (Leuven) mint. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces82082.htmlEdited by tdziemia
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looks like I missed something! You need only blink and you'll miss it.  Thanks for the feedback on the Esterlin @tdz--I'll re-evaluate and let you all know what I think. This, of course, highlights one of the challenges of collecting the coinage of the Dark/Middle Ages. Written records are much less available than either the time period before or after and so a lot of the attributing involves analysis of hoards and other indirect measures.
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Thanks. Early Brabant (pre-1400) is one of the few places for which I have a good reference so I'm glad to help out. Also, I have the same type in my colletion.
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I just discovered this thread. Very interesting!
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is absolutely nothing numismatic at Graceland in Memphis TN. However, I was able to get a shot of Elvis' wallet. I'm sure some interesting coins and bills were stored in there at various points in his career. Of potential interest to the exonumia enthusiast was a framed display of badges from various police departments.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Very interesting! |
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A small presentation of hoards in the Archeological Museum in Antalya (Turkey ). In many local museums , there are such presentations of hoards and of coins separately Very nice!
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Great addition to the thread Albert! I have a few more museums to add to this thread, so will start off with some pictures from the Bullock Texas State History Museum (in Austin TX). This museum is a bit light on numismatic displays, but I did spot a pair of spurs belonging to the 19th Century legendary rancher Wiley Martin Kuykendall that had been decorated with Mexican Pesos.  From an exonumia standpoint, I was especially interested in a kit used to make dog tags for soldiers in WWI. The display looked quite familiar to me as I have a similar set of these tags from an ancestor. Of potential additional interest were cotton bale tags as these seem to pop up on CCF with some regularity.    "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Very interesting! |
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That dog tag maker is certainly and interesting item. |
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Next up in our travels is the Musee Archeologique in Arlon, Belgium. The focus of this museum definitely is on stone stelae and grave markers from the Roman era; however, as you might expect, I located a few points of interest for us. All of the signage is in French and the nice woman behind the counter was pretty much English-free as well. Some of the stone markers depicted people or gods found on our coins. For example, this marker shows Faustina holding a ring in her right hand and a box in her left hand. I have included a Semis (147 to 175 AD) with her portrait from my collection for comparison.    Hercules and Bacchus were also depicted.   Perhaps the most relevant to CCF was the image of a distraught man paying his taxes. You can see the tax collector (sitting and with his feet up on a small stool) emptying out the bag of coins while his customer gestures wildly and considers where he might shove that pointed stick in his left hand.  Finally, there was a nice poster describing how coins were cast and struck "back in the old days". Unfortunately, there were no old dies or other coin making equipment on display.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Very nice photo's of the Musée archéologique d'Arlon , Spence .I am living about six months a year near to Arlon , so I visite it often . Arlon -Orolaunum vicus- was situated on the crossing of the Roman ways Reims-Trier and Metz-Tongeren .Most of the objects were found in the citywall , builded at the end 3th-beginning 4th century .albert
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