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Details for Coins and Medals

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A briquette made from 1,000 shredded Polish current 100 z?otych banknotes, produced by the National Bank of Poland (NPB), from used banknotes with a value of 100,000 z?otych (£18,000).

One of two Greek and one Roman Provincial coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Tomis
Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)

One Roman Imperial coin:

One of two modern coins:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

One of two Greek and one Roman Provincial coins:

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Mint: Istrus

One Roman tessera and one modern fake of a Roman provincial coin:

One Roman tessera and one modern fake of a Roman provincial coin:

One of two contemporary German medals by Hans Karl Burgeff (1928-2005), duplicates from a group offered by the artist’s long-term partner, Frau Irmgard Lauscher-Koch, to Münzkabinettet, Berlin (others passed to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the British Museum):

One of two contemporary German medals by Hans Karl Burgeff (1928-2005), duplicates from a group offered by the artist’s long-term partner, Frau Irmgard Lauscher-Koch, to Münzkabinettet, Berlin (others passed to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the British Museum):

Trinity College Dublin, Gold Medal for Logic and Ethics, awarded to Hugh Norman McClure (1914-1987), 1935, obv. COLL SS ET INDIVID TRIN REG ELIZABETHÆ JVXTA DVBL 1591, bust of Elizabeth I; rev. LOGICIS ET ETHICIS FELICITER EXCULTIS / HUGO N. McCLURE, 1935, shield of TCD, 14ct gold, 40mm, 27.10g; in red leather box with name and arms of the College.

Temple token based on East India Company half-anna, Obv. Hanuman, the monkey deity, prancing right; rev. ‘east india company / UKL / half anna / 1818’, wreath (cf. Mitchiner, Indian Tokens, no.180), struck AE, 9.93g., 31mm.

One of three modern Indian temple tokens bought at Bodh Gaya, Bihar, 2006:

Temple token based on East India Company half-anna, Obv. Buddha seated in the lotus position with right hand raised palm facing (Abhaya Mudra); rev. ‘east india company / UKL / one anna / 1616 (sic)’, wreath (cf. Mitchiner, Indian Tokens, no.180), struck AE, 9.21g., 31mm.

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

Teutonic Order of Prussia, Winrich of Kniprode (1351-82), silver Vierchen, 1364-c.1380 (Voßberg 120), 0.47g. Found at Low Tonyton, near Horncastle, Lincs., April 2007.

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Ruler: Winrich of Kniprode (1351-82)

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

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