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16 Artikel in der Kategorie Curiosities

International Expos

Is an international expo always truly international? That is the question. The main aim of an international expo, also known as an international exhibition, universal exhibition or world’s fair, is to present, unveil, display, feature, and showcase th(...)

25 Sammlerstücke

16/01/2023

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Treasures of Egypt collection

There are rare coins, those bearing the whole weight of history and making up collections worthy of a museum. And then there are guilty pleasures, those whose aesthetics supersede their historical value and which are lined up for their beauty like pea(...)

35 Sammlerstücke

16/11/2022

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Treizains de mariage and other love tokens

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Treizains de mariage and other love tokens

Medals are often commemorative, and is there any event in life more worth commemorating than a wedding? However, alongside this timeless classic there is also a more intimate, more religious, and less well-known tradition known in French as the treiza(...)

Lesezeit: 3'23"

02/08/2022

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Open day at the maisons closes

Prostitution was more or less tolerated in France from the reign of Louis XV up until 1804, although it did become more strictly controlled as time went on. Louis XVI proved a little less tolerant, with prostitutes being sent either to prison or to th(...)

38 Sammlerstücke

11/06/2021

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Albert Camus

Blogartikel für Numismatiker und Sammler. Nachrichten, Geschichten, Geschichte und inspirierende Serien.