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In terms of circulation coinage, countries that have used squares and other odd shapes have tended not to have a high degree of vending machine usage. These countries also tend to have a high degree … (View Post)

Speaking as an outside observer, it seems to me that there is no single date cutoff, but each denomination is different. And a working rule of thumb for spotting the boundary for each denomination is… (View Post)

In the "frontline countries", very few coins would have "truly circulated". A lot of coins were hoarded once the war started, hence the need for notgeld and similar emergency mone… (View Post)

The two-headed eagle on the Lubeck coat of arms represents the Holy Roman Empire, which granted Lubeck the status of Free City in 1227. Only later, with the acquisition of the Imperial title by the A… (View Post)

Sort of, yes. The ancient coin is a silver alloy, so is inherently less prone to verdigris /patina formation. However, the encrustation on the ancient would have come from centuries being buried in t… (View Post)