For the choice of this symbol, the European Commission summoned different teams of professional designers who presented a total of thirty-two proposals. Following the choice of the winning design, the remaining designs were hidden from the public, as the European Commission considered this choice an internal process and keeps all related files secret. The winning …
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin. They are the men chosen to appear in dollars by the United States Treasury, which in more than 230 years of history has never been directed by a woman nor has it been considered to appear in its currency. …
The “Pound Sterling” is so named because its value originally equaled the price of one pound (unit of weight equivalent to about 12 ounces) of sterling silver. But why is the term “Pound” used in English? Because the term originally arose in Ancient Rome, where they used the Latin construction “Libra Pondo” to speak of …
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Few symbols are as present in our day to day as the symbols of money. That is why today we ask ourselves what is the origin of these designs, at least, of the three most famous: the dollar, the pound and the euro. Today we will talk about the dollar The dollar The origin of …
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In Afghanistan, at the end of the 19th century, the first specimen of a large silver coin (weighing the equivalent of 10 drachmas) was discovered that seemed to allude in its motives to Alexander’s campaign against the Indian king Poro. Although at first it was related to the sovereigns of the Greek-Bactrian Hellenistic kingdom, new …
It is throughout the Contemporary Age where we can finally begin to see people unrelated to the monarchy on coins and bills. In the United States, in 1893, Christopher Columbus became the first non-monarchical or ecclesiastical historical figure to be depicted on an American coin and in 1909, Abraham Lincoln became the first president to …
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Formerly, the coins used to have the representative god of the country or area in which that currency was used. It is believed that the first to mint coins with faces were the Greeks. One of the first coins that we can see faces on are the Athenian tetradrachmas. In this piece, from 410 BC, …
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Today in this post we show you how to keep your coins safe 1. Keep in a dry place. There is no need to look for a special place, just avoid storing the coins in the kitchen, bathroom or other humid place in the house. It may seem silly, but I have seen three sets …
Square or rectangular coins appeared in India and from there they spread to the West, remaining in various cultures throughout the centuries. Here we can see some significant examples of the ancient cultures that issued coins more to less quadrangular. However, the most important civilizations (Greece and Rome) preferred not to use these curious modules …
The coins and bills are evidence of specific historical times. The pieces acquire numismatic value for their beauty, rarity and elaboration. When we talk about a specific era, they contribute invaluable data to the study of history, which makes numismatic in an auxiliary science of great importance in an auxiliary science of great importance. For …
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