Can anyone please recommend a Mastodon server aimed at #numismatics, #coin 🪙, #token, #banknote 💵, #medallion 🎖️, #exonumia, #stamp, #philately or other #hobby #collectors? Currently on the general Mastodon.Social but would love to join an instance specifically with other like minded folk :)

Reminder to anyone coming from Twitter and interested in #numismatics, #coins, etc, you can follow those hashtags as you can users! Please let me know other relevant hashtags to follow - #coin, #token, #tokens all seem to be drowned by the cryptocurrency crowd. #medal / #medallion gets some and some unrelated, and #exonumia, #banknote / #banknotes aren't too popular yet (let's make them!)

Lastly for my #SaturdayNightCoinShow tonight, a quick comparison between the penny and the half penny. Standard in size, weight and composition between #Australia and the UK, here is a 1963 1/2 and 1950 1 Penny (25.4 vs 30mm diameter). Note the #Kangaroo faces right on the 1/2 penny and left on the penny. #coins #numismatics

The most recent #monarch of the #UK and Australia is Queen Elizabeth II, featured on this 1960 Half penny. The half pennies of George VI and Elizabeth II featured a sailing #ship, based on Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind, in which he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe between 1577 and 1580. Brittania stayed on the penny until 1970. #SaturdayNightCoinShow #coins #numismatics

After George VI would be Edward VIII, however he abdicated before any portrait coins. He wanted his portrait to face left in defiance of convention, to show his better side. Following his abdication, George VI became King, taking a left portrait, to follow the original, proper convention. Here is another coin from #Australia, a penny from 1950. I think the bounding #kangaroo is a beautiful design. #SaturdayNightCoinShow #coins #Numismatics #Monarch #Monarchs

After Edward VII comes George V. These coins are all from my father's collection so are special to me regardless of condition. This one, is quite nice regardless. It is a 1927 Florin from #Australia. Commemorating the opening of #Parliament House (now Old Parliament House), it was Australia's first commemorative coin. 2 Million were struck for circulation (and 400 proof). #SaturdayNightCoinShow #coins

After Victoria came Edward VII, who reigned from 1901 - 1910. This 1907 #UK Half penny is the same style as the earlier Victorian one. As per convention dating back to Charles II, Edward is facing right, the opposite direction to Victoria. #coins #SaturdayNightCoinShow