Coins with Maps
gashmios
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I always have been amazed at coins with maps, but this one of NYC prior to the WTC being rebuilt, is the best of them all because of the detail.
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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What is interesting about this coin is that I got it in Amsterdam near the Albert Cuyp mall at an old time coin dealer. He was like the last Jewish man in that area and dealt in coins and stamps at the retail level. This was sitting in his window, although I already owned a proof version of this coin. We talked for about an hour and this is what I walked out of the store with. It was sitting in the sunlight for a long while.
It’s a neat theme. The fingerprint-pattern map is cool.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
The Dutch thought so.. some disagreed with the coin on political grounds.
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Greece 30 Drachma 1963 - Five Kings
Silver, 34.0 mm, 18.01 gm
Obverse: Five Greek kings
Reverse: Map of Greece
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So that's why finger prints are popular (not)
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Outline of Egypt, with the Nile in background.
Private mint bronze Genesis medal
PERSIA Achaemenid Empire Circa 350-333 BC. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ΔH to left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos.
Israel Judah - Medallic Art. Co. bronze Medal
c.1820 Map Of The World Hemispheres 51mm Medal - By Halliday
Latin American Collection