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34 artigos na categoria Collection Themes

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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(...)

Tempo de leitura: 0'23"

13/02/2023

Leia

Six coins and medals telling tales of love

Artigo

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(...)

Tempo de leitura: 2'2"

13/02/2023

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Inspiração

International Expos

Is an international expo always truly international? That is the question. The main aim of an international expo, also known as an international exhibition, universal exhibition or world’s fair, is to present, unveil, display, feature, and showcase th(...)

25 artigos de colecção

16/01/2023

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Inspiração

Treasures of Egypt collection

There are rare coins, those bearing the whole weight of history and making up collections worthy of a museum. And then there are guilty pleasures, those whose aesthetics supersede their historical value and which are lined up for their beauty like pea(...)

37 artigos de colecção

16/11/2022

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Mythical Mysia

A long, long time ago, centuries before the arrival of Jesus Christ, when the fires of the Ancient Greek civilization were still burning bright and its cities were wealthy and numerous, the banks of the blue Propontis (now the Sea of Marmara) in Asia(...)

Tempo de leitura: 5'14"

22/08/2022

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Treizains de mariage and other love tokens

Artigo

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(...)

Tempo de leitura: 3'23"

02/08/2022

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Albert Camus

Artigos de troncos para numismatas e coleccionadores. Notícias, histórias, história e séries inspiracionais.