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35 artikelen in de categorie Collection Themes
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(...)
Leestijd: 3'23"
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Polymer banknotes
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Polymer banknotes

The history of banknotes stretches back a very long time, although one might not think so at first, and the material used to make them has never stopped evolving over the centuries  Counterfeiting is not plain sailing Banknotes were originally made of(...)
Leestijd: 5'13"
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Coin weights
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Coin weights

Prior to the 20th century (and even later depending on the country), the weight (or rather the mass to be more precise) of a coin reigned supreme. Furthermore, the face value of the coin often referred to the corresponding weight. For example, the pou(...)
Leestijd: 5'4"
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Top 11 animals featured on ancient coins
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Top 11 animals featured on ancient coins

Emblems, myths, symbols… There’s no doubt about it: be they gods or myths, emblems or parables, terrifying or powerful, fighting or posing, immobile or in motion, animals are everywhere to be found on ancient coins. Allow us to present our non-exhaust(...)
Leestijd: 8'60"
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The french revolution, the assignats, and the counterfeiters
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The french revolution, the assignats, and the counterfeiters

With this concept, each purchase of an assignat signifies an advance for the State’s coffers. The Caisse de l’Extraordinaire issues the assignats and is responsible for collecting the sums from the sale of the national goods; the Caisse d’Escompte is (...)
Leestijd: 13'0"
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Albert Camus

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