Category: numismatics
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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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