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ALT A small irregular-round hammered brass / bronze coin, with lines, crescents and a shape like a lightning bolt in the centre.
ALT A bronze coloured coin. "1" between two ... towers?, "Kobo" below.
ALT Photo of a pile of ancient Roman coins
ALT Two bismuth crystals, one green and purple and triangle shaped and one slightly squarer and stepped and green-yellow to pink-purple
ALT Bismuth ingot next to two colourful bismuth crystals
ALT Ecuador 1988 50 Centavos. Obverse Name of the country, coat of arms, year of issue below Script: Latin Lettering: REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR 1988 Translation: Republic of Ecuador 1988
ALT Ecuador 1988 50 Centavos. Reverse Denomination in digits, denomination in Braille Scripts: Braille, Latin Lettering: 50 CENTAVOS ⠑⠚
ALT A frame with the Titanic and a recreation of a flier and the White Star Line logo etc - all in about A5 size, to house a UK penny from 1912
ALT Image of Saint Valentine holding a crosier (crook) with one hand raised. Text around the outside reads: SAINT VALENTINE Patron Saint of Relationships and Happy Marriages
ALT Hearts above and below. Text reads: Saint Valentine, Patron Saint of Relationships and Happy Marriages. Bless my partner and I so that there is joy, happiness, and love. Bless me with a soul mate for eternity. Protect us from temptation and all that challenges our happiness together. Amen
ALT A small round silver-coloured coin with "50" in a striped square, CENTAVOS below and "50" in small braille dots below that.
ALT An Eagle in flight with the country name above and the date below Script: Latin Lettering: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1856 Engraver: James Barton Longacre
ALT Value within wreath Script: Latin Lettering: ONE CENT Engraver: James Barton Longacre
ALT Sweden 45 Öre - Stockholms Ångslups Aktiebolag - Obverse Script: Latin Lettering: STOCKHOLMS ANGSLUPS ÖRE 45 (cutout) ÄKTIEBOLAG
ALT Sweden 45 Öre Stockholms Ångslups Aktiebolag Reverse Script: Latin Lettering: PASSAGERARE-POLETT ERIC GUMAELIUS STOCKHOLM
ALT Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Lettering: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AVG(-vstvs) "Our Lord Justin, Perpetual Emperor"
ALT Large M, star left, cross above, cross right, officina letter below, mintmark CON. Lettering: ☩ ✶M♰ Δ CON Translation: M : "40" nummi (= 1 follis). Δ : "4th" officina. CON(stantinopolis) : Constantinopolis.
ALT 1975 Iceland 1 Krona Obverse Icelandic coat of arms surrounded by the four traditional protector spirits ("Landvættir") of Iceland. These are Griðungur the bull, Gammur the eagle, Dreki the dragon, and Bergrisi the giant. Script: Latin Lettering: 1969
ALT 1975 Iceland 1 Krona Reverse Face value at the center and leaves of pubescent birch (Betula pubescens, only endemic tree of Iceland), to left and right. Script: Latin Lettering: ÍSLAND 1 KRÓNA Translation: Iceland
ALT 324-329 AD Constantine camp gates coin obverse: Constantine, "Laureate head right" with inscription: "CONSTAN_TINVS AVG" ("Constantine Augustus")
ALT 324-329 AD Constantine camp gates coin reverse: A camp gate without doors, with two beacons, a star above, with 8 stone layers. The inscription is "PROVIDEN_TIAE AVGG" and in the exergue (at the bottom) is SMKA (Cyzicus).
ALT Australia $1.20 stamp featuring the Eastern Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus, showing the green and yellow-green bird on the dessert ground with similar coloured grass either side.
ALT Cover of the folder with "Australian Ground Parrots" title and "Limited edition medallion and stamp collection" below. Image of a (I think) Western Ground Parrot facing right.
ALT Image of the inside left cover with the three blocks of stamps against an outback grassland scene, and right the three medallions, images and blocks of text about each bird
ALT 1856 Denmark 16 Skilling Rigsmønt Obverse Head of King Frederik VII facing right. Date below neck, dividing mintmark and Mint Master initials. Script: Latin Lettering: FREDERICVS VII | D:G:DANIÆ V:G:REX F.K ♔1858 V.S Translation: Frederik VII, by the grace of God, King of Denmark, of the Vandals and the Goths
ALT 1856 Denmark 16 Skilling Rigsmønt Reverse Value within a wreath made two two crossed oak branches Script: Latin Lettering: 16 SKILLING R:M:
ALT Six of the coins from the CIT Winter 2025 launch (Left to right, top to bottom): Butterfly, Anchor - Rough Storms, 360 New York, Underwater fantasy sea monster, Lost City Pompeii and Silverland - The Cliff