硬币

作为一个小孩，我兴致了我父亲的硬币，自从他是一名少年以来一直在收集。我的一个叔叔在这种激情中也有一个大的手，因为他还在收集以来他是个孩子。这些天我主要收集我访问的国家的硬币，这与欧洲的许多国家更加困难地转向欧元。这就是为什么我很高兴意识到我们拥有相当漂亮的硬币/奖章/等等。这里。

These first two photos show an 1 Maravedis coin, ca 1558-1576, from Cuenca, Spain. On one side is a crowned monogram forKing Philip II. On the other is the raised image of a castle with towers and the letter “C”. It looks like there might be a chalice to the left of the castle, but it is difficult to tell.

This is a Denarius coin featuring Pompey the Great from 49-48BC. Pompey is probably best known for his alliance and then break and war with Caesar, who was trying to take over the Roman Republic. Pompey fled to Egypt where he was assassinated and his head presented to Caesar. I’m particularly fascinated by Roman history, especially this time period, so it’s very exciting to get to work with something from that time.

The above is a gold coin (ca 1361-1369) commemorating the Battle of Sluys between King Edward III and Philip of Valois. The central image shows a figure of the king holding a sword and shield standing on a ship. Waves flow under the ship and text in Latin surrounds the images. The reverse shows a cross surrounded by crowns and again surrounded by Latin text at the outer perimeter. It is very beautiful and in pretty amazing shape considering how old it is.

This last coin is a Spanish silver one Peseta (1876) from theAlmirante Oquendowhich was destroyed by the American Fleet off Santiago, July 3, 1898. The obverse shows the left facing profile of Alfonso XII while the reverse bears the crowned Spanish coat of arms between pillars. The Almirante Oquendo was part of Admiral Cervera’s squadron during the Battle of Santiago and was one of six vessels that was sunk or stranded along a stretch of coastline twenty miles west of Santiago. And just as a side note, we no longer put numbers on our objects like you see on this one. We have to number every object in the collection, but we do so discreetly and in a way that can be easily reversed.

Of course this is only a taste of our coin collection, but I’ll save more for a later date.