Author: bishquid
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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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Rare and historic Suez Canal tokens sold at a Heritage Auction on February 12-13, including this 50 centimes piece from Ch. & A. Bazin. These tokens were used by workers building the canal and were denominated in French Francs. The auction, “2024 February 12 – 13 The Lord Collection of Egyptian Coins Showcase Auction,” included…
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I hope so.
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Exit only.
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Cave entrance
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This rare, historic emergency scrip was used during the 1956 Suez Crisis by the United Nations Emergency Force. It was created for UNEF peacekeepers to trade at camp stores in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. A booklet of these scrips was listed at a Spink London auction in April 2013, but the lot went unsold. The…
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In 1821, the city of Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca was affected by an epidemic of yellow fever. Officials established quarantines to prevent the spread of the disease. To facilitate local trade while the island was under quarantine, the city of Palma authorized the mintage of a small number of silver coins by…
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Money is a tale as old as time.
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