Today in 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded the city of St Petersburg in #Russia.

I'll have to write up a coin which was minted there, but in the meantime, here is a Russian coin minutes less than 50 years after the founding of St Petersburg, the 1749 Denga: https://coinofnote.com/russia-1-denga-1749/

#numismatics #coins #CoinCollecting #TodayInHistory #history #histodons @numismatics @histodons

**Minting Power: Phoenician Coins and the Politics of Identity**

🔗 https://aub.edu.lb/articles/Pages/Minting-Power-Phoenician-Coins-and-the-Politics-of-Identity.aspx.

#Numismatics #Identity #Politics #Phoenicia #History #Histodons @histodons

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

"The Crab is said to have been put among the stars by the favour of Juno, because, when Hercules had stood firm against the Lernaean Hydra, it had snapped at his foot from the swamp. Hercules, enraged, had killed it, and Juno put it among the constellations."
Hyginus, Astronomica 2.23

🏛️ Bronze #coin, 138-161 CE, found off the coast of Haifa, Israel

@antiquidons @mythology #DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Selene #numismatics

The US mint has placed what it described as the last order of planchets for pennies, indenting to stop distributing the coin by early next year. Is this the end of one of the most highly minted modern coins?

Article: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n21.html#article24

And here a piece I wrote on a "Cross cut" penny: https://coinofnote.com/1999-us-penny-with-cross-cut-out/

#Numismatics #Coins #UnitedStates #Cent #Penny #EndOfThePenny @numismatics

Coins for the 80th anniversary of Victory Day issued in Kazakhstan with face values of 200 and 1,000 tenge.

The coins feature an eternal flame, symbolizing the memory of fallen heroes. The ornamental design on the number “80” represents the Victory ribbon and is stylized to echo elements of the Kazakh national flag.

https://en.tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/coins-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-victory-day-issued-in-267843/

And also to Rod Sell's Worldwide Bimetallic Coin Collectors group.

#Numismatics #Coins #News #Currency #Bimetallic #Silver @numismatics

It's nearly (belated) #Newsletter time! To get it first, sign up now! https://coinofnote.com/newsletter/

And get your last minute guesses as to the #MysteryCoin in!

I know I've given you "anepigraphic" coins (only images, no text visible) before. But, I'm sure I've never challenged you with a coin which ONLY had text!

I suspect people will either instantly know it, or not. If you do, please let us know!

#News #Guess #WhatIsIt #Numismatics #Coins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

I'm in the big smoke for a couple of days of work meetings (so the newsletter will be a bit late this week). But I managed to find something #numismatic for you, or #exonumia at least: an amusement #token.

"Fantasy World, Coin's Adventure".

A colleague found it in the coat she had borrowed from her mother and gave it to me. It's from #Australia, but does anyone know anything more please?

Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia283725.html

#numismatics #Coin collecting #tokens @numismatics

Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝

Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Ephesus, 390-380 BC.

Photo Getty Museum https://getty.edu/art/collection/object/103Z32#full-artwork-details

#Archaeology @AlisonFisk #bees #coins #numismatics

20th May is the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention, an 1875 treaty between 17 countries to standardise on the metric system: the metre, kilometre, gram, kilogram, etc.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-20/metre-treaty-anniversary-metric-system-measurement-metrology/105302024

Most countries have adopted metric units of currency as well, some well before this treaty.

From Numista, here is an 1821 Gulden from the #Netherlands. I picked it because it lists both 1 G (1 Gulden) & 100 C (100 Cents).

#Numismatics #Coins #OnThisDay #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons