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Unfortunately, that's probably because the Greek letters are indecipherable. My transliteral reading of the quasi-Greek lettering would be, starting from the top, "F X AWSWETh ChII EWDMS X"… (View Post)

You can replace every instance of the word "colonial" in the OP's post with "mediaeval", and the post is still 100% true. There are times, in the history of numismatics, where the… (View Post)

This once again highlights the folly of relying on Coinflation's calculations of "scrap metal value". Coin collectors/hoarders/investors are competing with scrap metal merchants for the low… (View Post)

Inflation happens everywhere. A key symptom of inflation having already happened is coins becoming obsolete due to their production costs becoming higher than their face value. It does not help that … (View Post)

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)