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Bell metal

Requisitioned from the clergy to revive the economy! At the end of the French Revolution, there was a notable lack of hard cash in France, particularly due to the shortage of copper and precious metals.

46 collectible item

03/30/2024

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The breath of the dragon

A fiery collection! Numismatics is very fond of symbols, and what better way to inaugurate a new year date than with the image of a creature famous the world over and originating from the world’s most populous country, China. As with all ancient tra(...)

21 collectible item

01/15/2024

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Let the games begin again!

A collection in the starting blocks! The Olympic Games originated in ancient times, in Olympia, around 776 BC and were held there every four years until around 393 BC. All free Greek males were allowed to take part, whatever their origin or rank. Wom(...)

136 collectible item

01/09/2024

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163 shades of gold

All that glistens is not gold, but all that is gold glistens! A carefully chosen selection, on the basis of purely metallic and aesthetic criteria, for an undeniably dazzling and resplendent collection. From Antiquity to the present day, these 163 med(...)

163 collectible item

12/01/2023

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Remarkable French banknotes from the 19th century

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Remarkable French banknotes from the 19th century

A selection well worth the paper it’s written on! Following the failure of the post-revolutionary assignats and the mandats territoriaux in France, paper money had fallen out of favor. In the aftermath of the Coup of 18 Brumaire, where the Directory w(...)

55 collectible item

11/07/2023

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Tales of popes

A sanctified collection From the first century AD to the present day, 266 bishops of Rome and subsequently popes (from the 4th century onwards) have succeeded one another as the head of the Roman Catholic Church: from Saint Peter and his keys to the J(...)

64 collectible item

11/07/2023

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Albert Camus

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