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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(...)
Czas czytania: 3'23"
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The 20s of the 3rd millennium
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The 20s of the 3rd millennium

Tempus fugit As we head, more or less hesitantly, through the 20s of the third millennium AD (time flies, don’t you think?), here’s a monetary retrospective to help you see the present time not in reverse but rather look it straight in the face. Here (...)
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Polymer banknotes
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Polymer banknotes

The history of banknotes stretches back a very long time, although one might not think so at first, and the material used to make them has never stopped evolving over the centuries  Counterfeiting is not plain sailing Banknotes were originally made of(...)
Czas czytania: 5'13"
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Commemorated jubilatory jubilees
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Commemorated jubilatory jubilees

The term “jubilee” has sometimes been a little misappropriated and its definition appears to vary depending on whether it is used in reference to the Pope, royalty, or a monumental invention... Whatever the case may be, it is now high time to salute t(...)
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The Écu de Calonne
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The Écu de Calonne

Contrary to what the designation of this coin might lead one to believe at first glance, Calonne is not the name of the engraver of this illustrious and renowned écu. In fact, it is that of the no less illustrious and no less renowned Controller-Gener(...)
Czas czytania: 4'36"
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Bronze medals
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Bronze medals

Copper + tin = bronze While bronze was a common choice in ancient times for both weapons and coins, it has also more recently become an indispensable material for all renowned medalists with a bright talent... From the Renaissance to the present day, (...)
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Albert Camus

Artykuły blogowe dla numizmatyków i kolekcjonerów. Aktualności, historie, historia i inspirujące serie.