Today is the 100th Birthday of naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough

I think we've likely all seen at least some of the well over 100 documentaries he has made and hopefully appreciate the planet we live on and the amazing variety of life we share it with that little bit more because of the knowledge he has shared.

Here is a 2019 £2 coin featuring the Royal Research Ship (RRS) named in his honour. Image of the coin from Numista:

Image of the ship from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRS_Sir_David_Attenborough?wprov=sfla1

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Largest hoard of Roman silver coins found in Devon for years

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gallery/largest-hoard-roman-silver-coins-10951722

A  hoard of Roman coins unearthed in Devon is thought to be the largest discovery of its kind in the county in recent times.

The 97 silver and six copper alloy coins were found in the parish of North Huish in the South Hams and are around 2,000 years old.

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And another book for Asian coin collectors: "A GUIDE TO THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE MORE COMMON TENPO TSUHO". This is a fascinating coin I barely touched on in one of the very first articles on the Coin of Note site: https://coinofnote.com/japan-100-mon/

So I should get myself a copy of this book and expand my knowledge on the subject as well! More on the book here: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n18.html#article3

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Michael Zachary has published an updated, second edition of the Ten Cash Commentary book. I have the first edition of this and it is excellent. I now have the second edition in my Amazon cart :) If you are interested in early machine minted Chinese coins, this is an excellent resource. He also has one on the twenty cash coins.

https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n18.html#article2

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Today is the 4th of May. While everyone has their "May the 4th be with you" memes (and yes, do show us your Star Wars coins please!) for firefighters, it is also the feast day of Saint Florian. Here is a piece I wrote on the Patron Saint of firefighters, and on firefighting in ancient Rome: https://coinofnote.com/st-florian-medallion/

#Numismatics #MedallionMonday #Medallion #SaintOfTheDay #SaintFlorian #Saint #MayThe4thBeWithYou #History #Histodons (For the content of the post, rather than this piece itself, which is clearly modern) @numismatics @histodons

The largest Viking Age coin hoard in Norwegian history has been found in a field near Rena in Østerdalen.

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2026/04/30/largest-viking-age-coin-hoard-ever-found-photos/89862545007/

A total of 2,970 silver coins have been discovered so far, with the search is still ongoing.

The largest coin hoard in Norwegian history consists mainly of English (Anglo-Saxon) and German coins, in addition to some Danish and Norwegian ones. Among them are coins minted under Cnut the Great, Æthelred II, Otto III, and Harald Hardrada.

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A 13-Year-Old Boy Found This Bronze Coin in a Field. It Turned Out to Be the First Ancient Greek Artifact Discovered in Berlin

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-13-year-old-boy-found-this-bronze-coin-in-a-field-it-turned-out-to-be-the-first-ancient-greek-artifact-discovered-in-berlin-180988627/

Minted in Troy in the third century B.C.E., the object might have been buried as a gift to the dead. Archaeologists don’t know exactly how it ended up in modern-day Germany

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in Australia in modern times. Importantly, the deaths of 35 people and wounding of another 23 led to fundamental changes in gun laws in Australia. This is something we dearly wish our friends in the USA would also learn from.

Port Arthur is a tourist town in Tasmania, home to a former penal colony.

In 2007, the Perth Mint issued a series of commemorative 1oz silver coins called "Discover Australia". While I don't have them, here is the Port Arthur coin from Numista.

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One thing I love about #Coins is the range of things you can learn about the world. At times, they can be keepers of knowledge which might otherwise be lost. This week's E-Sylum has an article about the extinct plant silphium on coins: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n17.html#article20

Used for contraception and abortion, medicine, food seasoning, perfume and as a livestock improver, its special properties made this herb one of the most precious commodities in Graeco-Roman antiquity.

Then, one day, it went extinct.

I'm not 100% sure on the exact coin, but there are a few picturing the plant: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=silphium

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