Here are some more coins from my current trip in Germany. Firstly, it is interesting how the 5 euro cent coin is only slightly bigger than the 10 euro cents and slightly smaller than the 20 euro cents (the 5c is copper plated steel where the others are Nordic gold, thicker and with different edge).
Secondly, here is some of my change sitting on a coin purse I purchased in Römerberg, the new old town area in Frankfurt.
My German conference is going well. It's completely unrelated to #numismatics, but I still have new #coins to share. Here are four I picked up in change:
- a 2014 F (Stuttgart) 1 euro cent
- a 2009 French 10 euro cents
- a 2002 A (Berlin) 20 euro cents
- a 2009 A (Berlin) 2 euros commemorating 10 years of the euro monetary union.
I do love how although the EU countries each use the euro (mostly, I shared an article on that earlier today), there are so many variations between member countries and even within each (eg with the various German mints)
#1292 C.R. Jossett - Coins of the Realm. Barclay's Bank Ltd, London, n.d. (c.1970), 1st edition.
Coin of Note is in Deutschland! For work completely unrelated to numismatics, but could work have put me up at a more suitable hotel? Check out my room and my colleague's! (This is Nhow in Frankfurt, and the whole hotel is currency themed). And for spending, here are some euro notes.
Are there any good numismatic type things I could try to fit in while I'm in Frankfurt this week?
#numismatics #coinCollecting #coins #banknotes #travel #currency @numismatics
Six 19th Century coins and tokens have been discovered beneath the foremast of HMS Victory.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8p4yqen0go
The discovery connects directly to a long-standing maritime tradition in which coins were placed beneath a ship's mast as a symbolic act.
The newly discovered coins and token, together with the earlier coin discovered beneath Victory's main lower mast, will go on display in the Victory Gallery at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
#numismatics #CoinCollecting #coins #history #navy #RoyalNavy #histodons #ship #shipping #NavalHistory @numismatics @histodons
When travelling, I regard anything below a 10 €cent coin as pointless rubbish and segregate it. Today I discovered that Oxfam shops in the UK take them, so I got rid of a small accumulation that I didn't want to throw in the waste.
They will take coins from anywhere and put them to good use.
Today is the feast day of Saint Dymphna: Patron Saint of Those Who Suffer From Anxiety. Depression. Nervous Disorders. Mental Illness.
Born in Ireland in the 7th century, and by 14 consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. When her mother died, her father's mental health declined & she fled to Geel, Belgium where she built a hospital. Her father followed her & killed her.
A church was built in honour of her & so many pilgrims arrived in need of treatment for mental ills, that it was expanded. The expanded sanctuary was eventually overflowing again, leaving the townspeople to accept them into their homes, which began a tradition of care for the mentally ill that continues to this day.
Numista lists one coin, a 100 Ghela, from Belgium, picturing the interior of the church of Saint Dymphna, Geel: https://en.numista.com/438684
#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #SaintOfTheDay #OnThisDay #History #Histodons #CatholicChurch #Church #Religion #Saints @numismatics @histodons
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