1968 York Coin Club (PA) bronze token featuring Thomas Paine. Fun fact: Paine served as Secretary to the Continental Congress's Committee for Foreign Affairs from April 1777 until January 1779.
u/thomaspaineha — 2 days ago
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1949 Czechoslovakia 100 Koruns commemorating Stalins 70th Birthday
u/Jellybeansack — 12 days ago
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Authenticating coins that were soldered into spoons
I acquired these with some other spoons and thought these were fakes. After some research I came up with 1792 coronation 2 Ducat for Francis II and a Saint John's protection medal. I Still thought they were modern copies. I tested them and they come up specific gravity of 10, and acid test good for silver. I'm now thinking they may be genuine. Does anyone have any insight?
u/Kalico41 — 13 days ago
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Year 20 (1931) Fukien Province 2 Jiao, commemorating the martyrs of the Second Guangzhou Uprising.
The Second Guangzhou Uprising took place on 27 April 1911, when revolutionaries launched a carefully planned attack against Qing government forces in Guangzhou in an effort to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish a republican government.
Although the uprising was defeated and many revolutionaries lost their lives, the event inspired greater public support for the revolutionary movement and helped pave the way for the success of the 1911 Revolution later that year.
Republican Chinese commemoratives are one of my favourite pieces of Asian coinage to collect, since they created many intricate types that commemorated many unique events and moments in Chinese history.
u/triple_numismatics — 14 days ago