A 1993 Brilliant Uncirculated Golden Maple in my collection. Find this in a strange jewelry box while cleaning out. Now the most expensive coin I own and my first gold coin. Made with pure gold exclusively from Canada.

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A 1990 Uncirculated Dollar in my collection. Features Raphael David Maklouf’s Elizabeth II portrait instead of Cecil Thomas’ portrait or the Bauhina. The lion on the rear… so oriental! One of my favourite coins currently.

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antique coin seller on the pavement, kala ghoda, mumbai

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Electrum coin, Ionian people. Clazomenae after circa 300 BCE. Plate VII from the Catalogue of Greek Coins, Volume 16, 1892. Published by the British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals, editor Barclay Vincent Head. Numismatist Reginald Stewart Poole identifies this as Anaxagoras holding a globe with his foot on a …

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A couple of years ago, before horse photography took over my life, my daughter and I were heavily into coin collecting. Not to get rich for sure, just to see as many country’s worth of coins we could collect. We soon realized we really enjoyed coins with animals on them …

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This microscope was owned by George H. Clapp (1858-1949), a cofounder of the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). He used it for his hobby, coin collecting. He had the lenses ground to his eyeglass prescription. Based on the serial number, we know it was made in 1924, and was likely …

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A 1985 Fine Forint in my collection. Someone must have hated the "People’s Republic of Hungary" when they owned this coin; the obverse looks stepped on, with scratches as if it’s been slightly melted. Also red rust at the edges. Still a beautiful art deco coin.

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One of my brothers is an avid map collector – mostly of Trinidad and Tobago maps. However, maps enclosed with the National Geographic are always welcomed in his collection. He also has had this globe for many years and still keeps it although it has already come apart at the …

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Two incomplete sets of Numismatists boxed up to sell as a lot

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A 1961 Uncirculated Sen in my collection. a good 50 Cent buy for an aluminium piece. Artistry here is poor.

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