Did you guess the most recent #MyhsteryCoin? Several did, though all via email, probably because I forgot to post a reminder - Please do subscribe to the newsletter, because I really am quite forgetful! https://coinofnote.com/newsletter

So what was it? Why, it was the 1956 Spain 50 Centimos. One of my favourite coins! So much to explore! A hidden puzzle! Such a seafaring #History to get lost in :)

https://coinofnote.com/1956-spain-50-centimos/

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Last fortnight, I was determined to post at least SOMETHING other than the #MysteryCoin answer - and I did! It took the #railway theme to encourage me, but it worked (who doesn't love #trains?!) Here is the 1985 5 Deutsche Mark Eisenbahn in Deutschland: https://coinofnote.com/1985-5-deutsche-mark-eisenbahn-in-deutschland/

With a bit of a look at the train, the currency, the coin and the #German eagle!

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A couple of people guessed the 2010 Cook Islands $2 as the only circulating, minted triangular coin. There are several versions of the coin, but the reverse (which was the #MysteryCoin image) was common to each of them. Let's explore the Cook Islands, the imagery and the coin at: https://coinofnote.com/2010-cook-islands-2/

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With the passing of Pope #Francis, the "#pope of the poor" or "Pope of the slums", who lived in a simple apartment and took the bus when he could, I finally took the opportunity to write up the one single standard circulating coin featuring the pontiff's image, the 2014 Vatican 50 Cents: https://coinofnote.com/2014-vatican-50-cents/

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It's been awhile since I caught up on #SaturdayNightCoinShow - and sure, it's Sunday, but we're nothing if not flexible :)

First up then, the #MysteryCoin from a few weeks (ahem, a month) back. A tricky one to guess - the eagle (an #African fish #Eagle) graced the reverse of the 1993 5 Dollars from #Namibia: https://coinofnote.com/1993-namibia-5-dollars/

Come discover the bird, the country and the coin!

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Ok the tiny poppy post by @futurebird wasn't intended as a #coin post - but I'll run with it! A United States Cent (either 1959-82 Bronze or 1982-2008 Copper-plated zinc) in the wild in California, being photobombed by a tiny poppy :)

If finding this through a tag rather than my timeline, the original post is: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114482863019961485

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Which brings us to one more #MysteryCoin - but this one hasn't yet been revealed. Do YOU know what it is? All will be revealed soon!

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Next, for #SaturdayNightCoinShow, another #MysteryCoin - this one is a lovely #Tactile piece, although I must admit, I know very little about the design! Can you #help please? The coin is an 1835-1910 Bhutan 1/2 Rupee, and despite my lack of info on the coin, I did compile some interesting details on the country for you: https://coinofnote.com/1835-1910-bhutan-1-2-rupee/

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Unknown #WhatIsIt #Bhutan #History #Histodons #Coins @numismatics @histodons

Here is a coin with some beautiful toning, helped by its interesting metal composition. This is the 1922 East Africa Half Shilling: https://coinofnote.com/1922-east-africa-half-shilling/

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It's been awhile since I posted for #SaturdayNightCoinShow - so let's catch up! First of all, the #MysteryCoin from mid Feb was this piece with a nice large industrial complex on it. As guessed by several, that is a pair of oil wells, and the coin is a 1973 1 Kobo from Nigeria, which you can learn about here: https://coinofnote.com/1973-nigeria-1-kobo/

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One of my favourite metals is Bismuth. I found an excuse to write about it last year: https://coinofnote.com/1oz-bismuth-ingot/

If you enjoyed that, and are a little science-ey, you may like this video by The Action Lab on the strange #magnetism of #Bismuth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-77EcyI9iY He does a lot of really interesting #science videos if you like that kind of content :)

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Who guessed this fortnight's #MysteryCoin? It was a 1988 #Ecuador 50 Centavos: https://coinofnote.com/1988-ecuador-50-centavos/ Come learn about the country with a scenic river coming down a mountain on their coat of arms! And tell me, what is your favourite landscape featured on a coat of arms?

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This is an ad and you could make your own cheaper than it is being sold for, but still, I do really like the idea - imagine a penny set, each with one of these pictures of something from that year. Have you ever done or seen anything similar? It is a great way of bringing the time of each coin to life.

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I haven't written up anything new this week!

But I did venture out into the world and got one of my first King Charles III coins in change - and a coloured one at that. So, for #SaturdayNightCoinShow here is a $2 coin which was part of a series released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2024 commemorating the Australian team to the Paris Olympics.

What's the most interesting piece you've picked up in change recently?

On this day in 1653, the city of New Amsterdam was incorporated. Thanks to the band "They Might Be Giants", I instantly know that New Amsterdam is now called, New York.

Here is their song "Istanbul (not Constantinople)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kCQ-8

And here is my Byzantine Follis I managed to squeeze in a reference to that song: https://coinofnote.com/518-27-justin-i-byzantine-follis/

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And did you guess last fortnight's #MysteryCoin? Only a couple did. The coin was the 1975 Iceland 1 Króna.

Come on a journey to where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet: https://coinofnote.com/1975-iceland-1-krona/

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I haven't posted an #AncientCoin / #AncientCoins for #SaturdayNightCoinShow in awhile, so lets remedy that now. Here is a #Roman #Coin from 324-329 AD, under emperor Constantine showing a nice "camp gate" theme: https://coinofnote.com/324-329-ad-constantine-camp-gates/

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Exciting #avian news today for those who enjoyed my post on the Australian Ground #Parrots #Medallions set. ABC #news reports "Second-ever elusive night #parrot egg discovered in the Kimberley" (northern Western #australia.

Here is the news: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-01/second-ever-egg-of-elusive-night-parrot-discovered-in-wa/104882756

And here are the medallions: https://coinofnote.com/2024-australian-ground-parrots-medallions/

#Numismatics #Exonumia #birds #EndangeredSpecies #Endangered @numismatics #SaturdayNightCoinShow

Since it's #AustraliaDay2025 I wanted to share something uniquely #Australian. What could be more fitting than the impressions version of the #Koalas in Danger #medallion covers from last year? I really liked those and was glad to see a single, larger cover for impressions: https://coinofnote.com/2024-koalas-in-danger-pmc-impressions/

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Coin World have an article on "A uniface bronze half-seer grain Relief token from 1876, during a famine in #India" which is up for auction. A "seer" was 1.25 kilograms (2.8 pounds) so this would have got you 625 grams or 1.4 pounds of grain and is the only known example of this type without a hole. Price estimate $2,500 - $3,500 USD: https://www.coinworld.com/news/auctions/rare-bronze-grain-token-from-india-in-album-sale