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Venus rising from the metal

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is a divine and disrobed selection! 28 collectible coins, ancient coins, and medals with the Roman goddess Venus as their theme. Display the whole collection Picture above: "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (circa(...)

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02/13/2023

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The cheeky Thracian

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is a slightly risqué selection where you wouldn’t expect it! The island of Thasos, not far from Samothrace, celebrated not victory but indeed love on the obverse of several of its coins, which quite clearly depict the cou(...)

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02/13/2023

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Six coins and medals telling tales of love

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Six coins and medals telling tales of love

As only befitting for Valentine’s Day, let’s talk a bit about love...and coins. Even if the two sometimes don’t make the perfect couple (do you?), here are six elegant coins and medals evoking this eternal emotion. 1 – Love Rather than staying subt(...)

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02/13/2023

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Treizains de mariage and other love tokens

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Treizains de mariage and other love tokens

Medals are often commemorative, and is there any event in life more worth commemorating than a wedding? However, alongside this timeless classic there is also a more intimate, more religious, and less well-known tradition known in French as the treiza(...)

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08/02/2022

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