Author: bishquid
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This is a 1 Franc token from the Suez Canal Cooperative Society in Egypt. It was issued in 1892 and is made of aluminum. The canal was completed decades before 1892. These pieces must have been used by co-op workers at the operating canal. There are two other token sets that circulated during the 10-year…
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I believe this is an Egyptian bond from the 1940s, or donation receipt, for people to support the war in Palestine. I bought this one off eBay. The note’s denomination is 10 pounds. I’m interested in learning if these notes were bonds that got paid back or if they were donation receipts. I’ve read descriptions…
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This Canadian token from around 1857 was worth ½ of a Made Beaver for fur trappers in the land east of Hudson Bay. It was part of a vast region of British North America called Prince Rupert’s Land. The Hudson’s Bay Company was gifted exclusive trading rights to all lands within the watersheds of Hudson’s…
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During the British Mandate of Palestine, the Palestine Currency Board produced banknotes with values of 500 mils, 1 pound, 5 pounds, 10 pounds, 50 pounds and 100 pounds. One Palestine Pound Note from 1939.
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This rare token was issued by Borel, Lavalley, and Company, an engineering firm and contractor to the Suez Canal Company. Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps and his Suez Canal Company built the canal between 1859 and 1869. Paul Borel and Alexandre Lavalley formed their company in December 1863. Graduates of a polytechnic school, both worked in…
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This woodblock engraving from April 3, 1869, shows the Suez Canal nearing completion. I am interested in the history of the canal and the people who built it. I have a few tokens used by workers at the company store. Laborers are shown removing rock in a section of the canal. The canal, 164 kilometers…
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I took this photo for a coin club contest in 2021. I used my old Nikon digital D40 camera and a 105 mm micro Nikkor lens. This 1967 silver coin shows the “Hercules Group” surrounded by this powerful demand of French nationalism: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE The engraver, Augustin Dupré, created his allegoric compositions using symbolism…
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The balemark or merchant’s mark on a 1791 coin from British India. This is a 2 Pice coin from the Bombay Presidency. The mark identified products from the United East India Company as they were sold around the world. It was also called a “chop” derived from a Hindi word for “stamp.”
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This is a press photo from May 1948 showing British troops, Palestine police, and others evacuating Palestine.
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My local coin club hosts a yearly photo contest. This was my submission for 2023. Alas I didn’t win, but I had fun putting together this image. The image background is a scan of an original page from the Illustrated London News from March 20, 1869. It depicts Lake Timsah along the canal. The silver…
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