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Historic Coins
This section is reserved for any
coins (mainly in replaceable quantities) that have interesting stories behind
them—Emperors, kings, battles and legends that made history!
History can be studied in books, but it is so much more exciting to hold that
history in your own hands! Reading a coin is not only about identifying an
assayer or a rare mint; sometimes it is all about a monarch, king, emperor or
tyrant who made history, or maybe a legend that was passed from generation to
generation. These coins provide a key for opening the door to world history and
treasuring the past.
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Macedon, Ancient Greece, silver drachms, Alexander the Great (the first true Conqueror of the Ancient World), 336-323 BC, various mints (posthumous issues).
Bust of Hercules on obverse, seated Zeus on reverse, name of Alexander to right, various mints, typically thick, round coins, nicely toned and centered VF, 4 available. |
j080816111007-9, j050907542001 |
$185 each |
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Indo-Scythians, tetradrachm, Azes II, Taxila/Sirsukh mint (ca. 35 BC to 5 AD).
Mounted king on obverse with Greek legend, standing Athena on reverse with Kharoshti legend, popular coins for the fact that they were struck with legends in two different languages and also because Azes II was the eastern ruler who sent Gaspar (one of the three Magi) to witness the birth of Christ, 4 available, all AU. |
j080920141002-5 |
$150 each |
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England, "long cross" penny, Henry III (1216-72), struck 1247-72.
In 1244 when the Scots threatened to invade England, King Henry III visited York Castle and ordered it rebuilt in stone. The work commenced in 1245, and it took some 20 to 25 years to complete. The builders crowned the existing moat with a stone keep, known as the King's Tower. His Royal Motto was "He who does not give what he has, does not receive what he wants." Various mints, crowned king's face on obverse, cross on reverse, Gothic legends, small, thin, round coins with full details, nicely toned XF. |
j050907542009 |
$95 |
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Japan, silver is-shu gins (1 shu), Tokugawa Shogunate, struck 1837-69.
Popular rectangular "Samurai coins" (smaller and cheaper version) with Japanese characters (3 on one side and 5 on the other) inside borders of dots, nice XF,
19 available. |
j030907191007-25 |
$35 each |
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